Challengers Baseball Club Zurich

15.05.2012:

The Softball-Team will be busy the upcoming weekend with four games at the Klopstockwiese. On Saturday, May 19 the Challengers will try again to face the SG Eagles/Challengers after last week's double header has been rained out. On Sunday, May 20 the C's will host their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm on both days.

The NLB-Team will play its home opener at the Heerenschürli ballpark on Saturday, May 19 against the Swiss U18-Nationalteam, which takes part in the National League B championship to prepare for the Qualifier European Championship Juniors from July 10 till 14 at Toulouse, France. The games start at noon and 3pm.

The U15-Cadets will travel to Wittenbach on Saturday, May 19, where they will face the Wittenbach Vikings and the Black Hawks. The games start at 10am and 12.30pm at Wittenbach OZ Wiese.

The U12-Juveniles will retry to open their season after being rained out a week ago. The SG TruckStar/Chalengers will face the Therwil Flyers on Sunday, May 20. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm at Therwil Känelmatt II.

Rob Sedin joined the Challengers

07.05.2012:

The Challengers Baseball and Softball Club is proud to introduce the newly acquired outfielder, shortstop and pitcher Robert Sedin. The 24-year old San Jose native arrived in Zurich end of April to join the Challengers organization for the 2012 season. In college Sedin played two years for the UCSD Tritons at University of California in San Diego, where he was batting .309 with 127 hits, 7 homeruns, 73 RBI's and 79 runs scored in 118 games. He also played one season for the Derby Twins in the Jayhawk league and at DeAzna JC where he was all-conference twice in a row.

Sedin, who majored in communications at UCSD, will look to be a major contributor to the Challengers club this season. He enforces the Challengers NLA-Team and will run the NLB-Team together with Andrea Girasole. Sedin made his debut for the Challengers on April 28 against the Therwil Flyers. In his first four games as a Challenger he is batting .533 with 8 hits, 2 doubles, 7 RBI's and 3 runs scored and tossed five innings of relief, allowing one run and two hits with two walks and six strikeouts and picked up his first save against the Wil Devils. (photo: Johnny Müller)

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Ladies swept by Devils

06.05.2012:

The Softball-Team lost for the first time this season, as the C's were swept by the Wil Devils on Sunday, May 6. Game 1 was a nailbiter, as both teams exchanged zeros on the scoreboard till the Devils drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The C's loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but the Devils ended the game with a double play by throwing out the tying run at home to eventually win 1-0. Jrene Bühler won the pitcher's duel, as she allowed four hits and three walks with three strikeouts, while Leandra Simitovic gave up one run, four hits and five walks while also striking out five. Simitovic had no support from her offense, as the C's went a dismal 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

Things got even worse for the Challengers, as they didn't escape the first inning of Game 2. The Devils scored eight runs on eight hits, two walks and one error and held on for a 14-7 victory. The C's regularly hit the balls right into the Devils' gloves, while the Devils found the holes in the C's defense, as they outhit the C's 16-8. The C's cut the deficit to four runs in the fourth inning, as Alexia Zingg, Ziegylou Wehrli and Celine Welti had back-to-back-to-back singles and scored later to make it 6-10, but the Devils answered right away with two insurance runs of their own. Taylor Mc Cants went a perfect 3-for-3 and Celine Welti had a pair of singles to lead the Challengers offense, while Nadja Lehmann, Ann-Katrin Fricke and Marielle Roth had three hits apiece for the Devils.

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Challengers arrive in win column

05.05.2012:

The Challengers stopped their four-game losing streak on Saturday, May 5, as the C's won twice against the Wil Devils to post their first two wins of the 2012 season. After a 20-7 win in Game 1, the C's added a 6-3 victory over the Devils in Game 2.

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NLB-Team opens season with split

29.04.2012:

The NLB-Team also traveled to Therwil on Sunday, April 29 to play the Therwil Flyers. And it returned home with one win. However the Flyers were dominant in Game 1, as they cruised to an easy 19-4 win over the C's. But the Challengers fought back in Game 2, as they managed to salvage a split, posting a 12-8 victory.

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SG Eagles/Challengers loses home opener

29.04.2012:

The newly founded second Softball-Team SG Eagles/Challengers faced the Zurich Barracudas on Sunday, April 29. And it was all Barracudas in Game 1, as the SG EAG/CHA didn't escape the first inning and the Barracudas scored eleven runs and rolled to a 17-2 victory. Valentina Verdesca drove in a run in her very first career game.

The SG EAG/CHA had a better start in Game 2, as they scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, but the Barracudas offense exploded for 17 hits en route to a 17-6 win. Izumi Nitta had two hits and scored a pair of runs, while Isabel Schmid delivered a single and Sandrine Montandon had a RBI-single and scored a run.

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Cadets open season with two wins

21.04.2012:

The U15-Cadets made it a nice start into the 2012 campaign for the Challengers, as they won twice against the Rümlang Kobras on Saturday, April 21. The team of the coaches Todd Tuckner and Eric Haynor opened the score in the first inning, as Matt Tsukroff drove in Jake Tuckner with a RBI-single and scored another run. The Kobras tied the game in the bottom of the first, but the C's managed to score in the second and third innings as well to eventually win 6-3.

And the Challengers added another win in Game 2, as they posted a 6-2 victory against the Kobras. The C's will face next the Wittenbach Vikings and the Black Hawks on May 19 at Wittenbach.

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Challengers T-Ball

05.11.2011:

The Challengers Baseball & Softball Club offers a new service, as it launches its new T-Ball program. T-Ball is the entry sport to baseball and softball for young players, generally four to eight years old. T-Ball goes back to the 1950's, as the sport was invented as an introduction for children to develop baseball and softball skills and have fun. 

The practice for the U8 T-Ball-Team of the Zurich Challengers takes place every THURSDAY from 6.30pm till 8pm at the Turnhalle Aubrücke at the Luegislandstr. 173 in Zurich-Schwamendingen (bus 63 & 94 to Aubrücke).

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