Softball Clubhouse 2010

Ladies clinch playoff berth

The Softball-Team played a make-up game against the Zurich Barracudas on Thursday, September 2 for their June 17 postponement. Simona Cellar drove in three runs and Leandra Simitovic recorded her eight win of the season, as the Challengers rolled to a 12-1 victory over the Zurich Barracudas to clinch a playoff berth.

Alexia Zingg went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, while Andrea Wirth drove in a pair of runs to pace a 11-hit attack for the C's, who have won seven of their last nine games.

Simitovic opened the score in the first inning and Nancy Plamondon made it 2-0 on a wild pitch. The Challengers blew the game open with eight runs in the second frame. The C's started the inning with four consecutive hits, before Alexia Zingg doubled and scored when Andrea Wirth followed with a RBI-single to make it 7-0. And the Barracudas couldn't stop the bleeding, as Simona Cellar delivered a bases-clearing triple for a 10-0 lead. 

The C's, who clinched a playoff berth for the seventh consecutive season, will face the Therwil Flyers in the semi-finals. The games between the two arch rivals scheduled for Saturday, September 4 have been canceled, as the Flyers forfeited the games. With the two additional wins the C's moved into second place with a 15-9 record and gained home field advantage for the best-of-three semifinal series, which will start on September 11.

Thursday Night Softball

The Zurich Challengers Softball-Team will play a make-up game against the Zurich Barracudas on Thursday, September 2 for their June 17 postponement.

The Barracudas (9-12) must beat the Challengers (12-9) to keep their playoff hopes alive, while the C's need one win with three games remaining to clinch a playoff berth. The C's are leading the season series 2-1. The game starts at 6.30 pm at the Klopstockwiese.

Ladies stay in third place

The Softball-Team remained in third place after a split with the Wil Devils on Sunday, August 22 at the Klopstockwiese. The Challengers used a 17-hit attack to erase an early five-run deficit en route to a 17-10 victory over the Devils in Game 1.

The Devils opened the score with five runs in the first inning, as they delivered three hits and the Challengers defense committed three errors. But the C's came back strong, as Alexia Zingg slapped a two-run single to highlight a seven-run first inning and Leandra Simitovic added a two-run single in the opening inning to make it 7-5.

Both teams added five runs over the next three frames for a 12-10 Challengers lead. But the Challengers' bats were on fire, as they exploded for five hits and five runs that ended the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. Alexia Zingg opened the frame with a single before Karen Heimgartner laced a double to left field. Ziegylou Wehrli and Celine Welti followed with RBI-singles and Andrea Wirth delivered a two-run double to deep center field to make it 16-10.

Alexia Zingg ended 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, Karen Heimgartner went 3-for-4 with a double and Celine Welti had two hits and crossed the plate three times, while Leandra Simitovic, Simona Cellar and Andrea Wirth drove in two runs apiece.

Leandra Simitovic yielded eleven hits and ten runs - seven earned - with two walks while striking out three to win for the seventh time this season. 

Game 2 was all Devils, as they cruised to a 9-1 win over the Challengers. The Devils delivered nine hits, while the C's defense committed eight errors. The Devils put things out of reach in the fourth, as Chantal Breitenmoser belted a base-clearing double to deep center field to make it 5-0. Claire Rietmann-Grout carried a perfect game into the sixth inning before pinch hitter Elizabete Vieira singled to right field and Nancy Plamondon drove her in with an RBI-single to make it 1-5.

Rietmann-Grout limited the C's to three hits and struck out seven, while Karen Heimgartner ended up with the loss, as she allowed nine runs - only two earned - with one walk and four strikeouts.

The C's maintain a slim half game lead over the Devils and a three-game lead over the fifth placed Zurich Barracudas.

Summer Practice 2010

The summer practice for the Zurich Challengers Softball Team takes place every Tuesday and every Thursday from 6pm till 8pm at the Klopstockwiese in Zurich-Enge. The Klopstockwiese is right at the corner of Bederstrasse and Klopstockstrasse (Tram 5 & 13, Bus 33 to Waffenplatzstrasse).

Das Sommertraining für das Zürich Challengers Softball Team findet jeden Dienstag und jeden Donnerstag von 18.00 - 20.00 Uhr auf der Klopstockwiese in Zürich Enge statt. Die Klopstockwiese befindet sich an der Ecke Bederstrasse/Klopstockstrasse (Tram 5 & 13, Bus 33 bis Waffenplatzstrasse).

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