The Softball-Team finished the Final Round with a 6-6 record after a split with the defending champion Therwil Flyers on Sunday, August 24 at Therwil. The Challengers had a veritable false start, as the Flyers delivered six hits and scored seven runs in the first inning. For the rest of the game both pitchers, Sophie Zihlmann for the Flyers and Leandra Simitovic for the C’s, kept the opponent’s bats quiet. Simitovic tossed a complete game and allowed eight runs – six earned – and nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts, as the Flyers held on for a 8-1 victory over the Challengers. Both teams exchanged zeros on the scoreboard through the first five innings in Game 2. Then Ziegylou Wehrli opened the sixth with a single and Leandra Simitovic reached first on an error, while Flavia Von Meiss plated both runners with a 2-run single and scored the third run for the C’s on a RBI-double by Karen Heimgartner. That was all the Challengers needed, as Heimgartner tossed a four-hit shutout with three walks and fifteen strikeouts for her fourth win of the season, as the Challengers posted a 3-0 triumph over the Flyers in Game 2. The two teams will meet again in a best-of-three Semifinal Series, but not before they participate at the European Cup tournaments from September 1 till 6. The Flyers will travel to Prague, while the Challengers will play in Dupniza, Bulgaria.

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The Softball-Team stopped its six-game losing streak, as the Challengers won twice on Saturday, August 16 at the Klopstockwiese against the fourth-ranked Reussbühl Eagles. After the C’s were shut down twice by the Wil Devils a week ago, their bats were on fire this time. Karen Heimgartner was 3-for-3 with two doubles and Karin Mittelstädt, Corinne Wengi and Andrea Wirth had two hits apiece and the C’s offense errupted for 12 runs and 13 hits, while Leandra Simitovic tossed a four-hitter with three walks and two strikeouts, as the Challengers posted a 12-5 victory in Game 1. The C’s used three different pitchers and held on for a 14-9 win over the Eagles in Game 2. Sandrine Montandon had a double, a single, two walks and scored twice, while Leandra Simitovic and Simona Cellar collected two hits each. The Challengers improved their record to 5-5. They will travel to Therwil on Sunday, August 24.

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Am Freitag, 15. August stellt das Schweizer Fernsehen im Rahmen der Sendung Peking Lounge in der Rubrik “Peking vielfalt” Softball vor. SBSF Präsident Marco Iten wird als Experte einen Spielbericht der Vorrunde des Softball Olympia-Turniers mit Fernsehmann Sascha Ruefer co-kommentieren und sich im Studio den Fragen des Moderators Matthias Hüppi stellen. (SF2, Freitag, 15. August 20.45-22.20 Uhr)

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The Softball-Team was shut down by the first ranked Wil Devils on Sunday, August 10, as the C’s losing streak reached a team-record six games. The Challengers were outhit 10-4, as Flavia Von Meiss was the only Challengers player with two hits, as the strong Devils posted a convincing 7-0 victory in Game 1. And it was all Devils in Game 2 again, as Nicole Freeman tossed a no-hitter with two walks and nine strikeouts against an inexistent Challengers offense, as the Devils cruised to a 7-0 win. It was for the first time that the Challengers didn’t manage to get on the scoreboard in a double-header. The C’s dropped their record to 3-5 and will face the fourth ranked Reussbühl Eagles on Saturday, August 16 at the Klopstockwiese.

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