The Softball-Team won its third game in three days. Brittany Howell broke a 2-2 tie with no outs in the third inning, as she belted the go-ahead two-run homer to make it 4-2 and the Challengers defense turned two crucial double plays, as the C’s posted a 7-3 victory over the Zurich Barracudas on Tuesday, June 28. 
Leandra Simitovic opened the score in the first frame, but the Barracudas answered with two runs of their own. Chris Garcia scored on a passed ball and the plate umpire called an illegal pitch with a runner on third, that enabled the Barracudas to take a 2-1 lead. Simona Cellar tied the game again in the second frame, as she opened the inning with a base hit and scored later on a passed ball.
After Howell’s homerun the C’s increased their lead to 6-2 in the fifth inning, as Nancy Plamondon crossed the plate and Simona Cellar drove in another run, before Jackie Mottl scored the third run for the Barracudas in the bottom of the frame. The C’s added one more in the sixth to eventually win 7-3.
Brittany Howell tossed a three-hitter with fourteen strikeouts and Nancy Plamondon scored three times, while Leandra Simitovic and Simona Cellar had two hits apiece.
The C’s stay in fifth place with a 9-7 record, but closed the gap to the fourth placed Barracudas (8-6). They will host the second team from the Luzern Eagles on Saturday, July 9 at the Klopstockwiese.

The Softball-Team won twice in Geneva on Sunday, June 26 to move over .500 for the first time this season. Game 1 was a tough battle that lasted over two and a half hours, before the Challengers overcame the Geneva Jets 14-11. The C’s took the lead from the beginning but the Jets managed to come within one run three times till the sixth inning. The C’s then finally broke it open in the seventh, as they scored five runs for a 14-8 lead to seal the deal.
Brittany Howell went 4-for-5 with three RBI’s for the C’s, while Leandra Simitovic had two hits and scored four runs and Jennifer Probst crossed the plate three times.
Brittany Howell set the pace in Game 2, as she allowed two unearned runs and four hits while striking out a season high 15 batters to lead the Challengers to a 10-2 victory over the Jets. The C’s made it 2-0 in the first frame, as Ziegylou Wehrli drove in Nancy Plamondon and scored later on a passed ball. And the C’s added three more runs in the third inning, as Simona Cellar delivered a run-scoring double and Celine Welti had an RBI-single to make it 5-1.
The C’s remain in fifth place with a 8-7 record. They will face the fourth-placed Zurich Barracudas on Tuesday, June 28 for their second night game within a week at Rümlang. The game starts at 6.30pm at Rümlang Rümelbach.

The Softball-Team lost their first night game of the season on Thursday, June 23 at the Klopstockwiese against their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas. The Barracudas opened the score with four runs in the third inning and held on for a 6-4 victory.
Christina Klemme, Giulia Oswald and Christine Garcia opened the inning with back-to-back-to-back hits and the Challengers’ defense added three errors in the same inning that enabled the Barracudas to take a 4-0 lead. Brittany Howell put the C’s on the scoreboard, as she belted a solo homer over the center field fence to make it 1-4. But the C’s didn’t gain the momentum, as Jessica Rölli and Ines Dübendorfer drove in two more runs for the Barracudas to extend the lead to 6-1.
With their backs against the wall the C’s cut the deficit to three runs in the sixth frame, as Taylor Mc Cants scored on a passed ball and Simona Cellar drove in Brittany Howell and they added another run, as Andrea Wirth crossed the plate to make it 4-6 with two outs in the seventh inning, but the Barracudas managed to end the threat with the tying run on second base to eventually win 6-4.
Corina Grass outdueled Leandra Simitovic, as she allowed four runs – three earned – and eight hits with three walks, while striking out two for the win, while Simitovic allowed six runs – five earned – nine hits and four walks. Taylor Mc Cants and Brittany Howell led the C’s offense with three hits apiece.
The C’s remain in fifth place with a 6-7 record.

Die Challengers Spielerinnen Simona Cellar, Leandra Simitovic und Andrea Wirth wurden ins 13-köpfige Kader des Schweizer Nationalteams für die diesjährige Softball B-Europameisterschaft berufen, welche vom 31. Juli bis 6. August in Ronchi dei Legionari (Italien) stattfindet. Die Schweiz trifft in der Gruppenphase auf Bulgarien, Österreich, Russland und die Slowakei.
 
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