Challengers win marathon game, beat Jets 14-11

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.

Leandra Simitovic delivered a two-run double and was driven in by Nancy Plamondon to give the C's a 9-5 lead in the top of the fifth inning, but the Jets cut the deficit to one run again, as Caroline Dombre, Delphine Evans and Jessica Nelson had an RBI-single each to make in 8-9.

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.

Simitovic gave up twelve hits and eleven runs - eight earned - with six walks, while striking out four for her fourth win of the season.

Game notes
Outfielder Erica Federgreen had her first career hit, as she delivered a single in the seventh frame. ...Sarah Lechmann gave her debut in a Challengers uniform, as she grounded out to shortstop in the sixth inning. ...Ziegylou Wehrli delivered her 100th hit for the Challengers in her 322nd at-bat in the third inning. She is the third player, who reached this mark after Leandra Simitovic and Simone Zurschmitten.