The Softball-Team suffered two losses against the Geneva Jets (3-9) on Sunday, June 21 at Genève Vessy. The Jets built an early lead and never looked back, as they posted a 19-16 triumph over the Challengers in Game 1. The Jets exploded for eight runs in the first inning against starter Andrea Wirth and kept their bats on fire with 14 hits, including three doubles and two triples from five different players, to make it 19-9 after four innings. The C’s avoided to lose in five frames, as they cut the deficit to three runs in the fifth inning, but Closer Caroline Dombre tossed two scoreless innings to end the threat. Sandrine Montandon led the C’s offense with a stellar 4-for-5 performance, also scoring two runs, while Leandra Simitovic, Simone Zurschmitten, Katrin Dresbach and Corinne Wengi drove in two runs apiece and Nadja Peter made her debut for the blue and red going 1-for-3 with two runs, two walks and one RBI. Game 2 was like a déjà vu all over again for the Challengers. As in Game 1 Floriane Contat led off with a triple and opened the score for the Jets, who held on for a well-deserved 9-2 win. Both teams delivered six hits each, but the Challengers defense threw it away committing six errors that led to a total of eight unearned runs, while Jets starter Nora Pitz limited the C’s to two runs over six innings. Leandra Simitovic (1-4) ended up with the loss allowing one earned run and six hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The Challengers are now in fifth place with a 3-7 record. They will face the Zürich Barracudas (1-7) on Saturday, June 27 at the Klopstockwiese.

The Softball-Team got their third win of the season on Sunday, June 14, but not before dropping Game 1 against the Wil Devils. The Wil Devils used two innings to plate all their 12 runs of the game en route to a 12-2 victory in Game 1. Leandra Simitovic (1-3) allowed 12 runs – only three earned – and seven hits with five walks and three strikeouts, while Celine Welti and Sandrine Montandon drove in one run apiece. Jrene Bühler allowed two runs and five hits with three strikeouts for the win. The blue and red bounced back and handed the Devils their first loss in 2009, as the C’s posted a 6-1 win in Game 2. Karen Heimgartner (2-1) tossed seven effective innings, allowing one run and seven hits with nine strikeouts and outdueled Claire Rietmann-Grout, who allowed six runs – four earned – and seven hits and struck out nine. Six different players scored the runs for the Challengers, while Simona Cellar was the only Challenger with two hits. With the win the Challengers moved into fourth place with a 3-5 record.