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Swiss International Alpine Cup at the Heerenschürli

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The John Hopkins University blue Jays won the 5th Swiss International Alpine Cup at the Heerenschürli ballpark in Zurich. The team from Baltimore won all its four games. The Swiss Baseball Nationalteam finished in third place behind the Dominican All Stars.
Results:

Friday, June 24, 7 p.m.: Swiss National Team vs. Johns Hopkins University 1-11
Saturday, June 25, 12 a.m.: Dominican All Stars vs. Padres 13-0
Sunday, June 26, 8.30 a.m.: Johns Hopkins University vs. Dominican All Stars 4-3
Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m.: Padres vs. Johns Hopkins University 4-5
Sunday, June 26, 1.30 p.m.: Swiss National Team vs. Padres 2-0
Sunday, June 26, 4 p.m.: Dominican All Stars vs. Swiss National Team 2-1

For further informations please check the tournament’s Facebook page.

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1st League-Team lost twice

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As the only team of the Challengers organization the 1st League-Team was able to play its games on Saturday. While the games in Bern, Lucerne or Zurich have been washed out, they played ball at Dulliken. But the Challengers are still waiting for their first win after the third game day. The C’s lost to the Embrach Mustangs by a score of 3-11 and were also topped by the Dulliken TruckStar, who posted a 9-5 victory.

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Challengers sweep Bandits

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The Challengers won twice on Saturday, May 27 against the newest member of the NLA, the Jona Bandits. Game 1 was a one-sided affair, as the C’s posted a 18-2 victory. Six players delivered two hits, while Jesus Martinez and Kurt Kovac drove in three runs apiece and Tobias Siegrist scored four times. Kovac pitched three innings out of the bullpen for the win. And the Challengers stayed focused in Game 2 as well, cruising to a 20-5 win. Their next opponent will be more difficult to beat. The C’s will host the Sissach Frogs on June 11 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.

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U12-Juveniles remain perfect

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The youngest team of the Challengers organization opened the weekend successfully on Saturday at Embrach. The U12-Juveniles, who won all of their six games played so far, posted an impressive 11-2 victory over the strong Rümlang Kobras. In the second game of the day against the SG Lions/BTE the C’s had more problems than expected, but finally won 7-4. The Challengers remain perfect with a 8-0 record and are on the way to qualify for this year’s playoffs.

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Support the Softball Nationalteam

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For the first time in the history of Baseball and Softball in Switzerland the Softball Nationalteam has the possibility to represent Switzerland at the World Championships, that will take place from July 15 till 24 at Surrey, Canada. The Challengers players Simona Cellar and Leandra Simitovic are part of the Swiss roster.
For that the team can worthily represent its country off the field too, the players launched a project on the crowdfunding platform I believe in you, which is the most successful crowdfunding platform in the world. I believe in you was founded by the Swiss olympic athletes Mike Kurt (canoe) and Fabian Kauter (fencing) and the online-specialist Philipp Furrer.
The players bear a big part of the costs for the trip, practice games and practices. In addition to that they also have to pay for the equipment. With your support you are helping the Swiss Softball Nationalteam to make their dream come true.
Further informations about the project and how to support the team are available at I believe in you.

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Sedin joins the Challengers

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Rob Sedin, the new Challengers head coach, arrived in Zurich and will begin to work with the teams today. It is already the fifth season for Sedin with the Challengers, but his first as their skipper. James Sanders, who is also the Swiss Nationalteam head coach, will be the Assistant Coach.
As a player Sedin was very successful with the C’s over the last four years. He recorded a .391 batting average with 37 doubles, 6 triples, 3 homeruns, 77 RBI’s and 127 runs scored in 101 games. He also started 31 games from the mound with a 18-14 record and a 2.65 ERA with 296 strikeouts in 257.2 innings.

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Away game postponed

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The NLA double header between the Bern Cardinals and the Zurich Challengers scheduled for Saturday, April 16 has been canceled due to bad weather. No make-up date has been announced so far. The next game for the C’s will be their 2016 home opener against the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, April 24 at the Heerenschürli ballpark.

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