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After the NLB-Team decisively lost Game 1 of the best-of-three quarterfinal series against the Zurich Barracudas’ second team last weekend, they find themselves with their backs against the wall on Sunday at the Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark.<\/p>\n

To turn the series around and extend their season, they need two wins against their local rivals. To achieve this, they need a significant improvement in performance and, above all, a better start into the game. From a mental perspective, the starting position is simple. The Challengers have nothing left to lose.<\/p>\n

NLB Playoff Quarterfinal, best-of-three: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II, 0-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

  • Game 1, Sunday, August 17: Zurich Barracudas II<\/strong> vs. Zurich Challengers II 21-5<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Game 2, Sunday, August 24, 11:00 AM, Heerensch\u00fcrli: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II<\/li>\n
  • Game 3, Sunday, August 24, 2:00 PM, Heerensch\u00fcrli: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II (if necessary)<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After the NLB-Team decisively lost Game 1 of the best-of-three quarterfinal series against the Zurich Barracudas’ second team last weekend, they find themselves with their backs against the wall on Sunday at the Heerensch\u00fcrli ballpark.
    \nTo turn the series around and extend their season, they need two wins against their local rivals. To achieve this, they need a significant improvement in performance and, above all, a better start into the game. From a mental perspective, the starting position is simple. The Challengers have nothing left to lose.
    \nNLB Playoff Quarterfinal, best-of-three: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II, 0-1
    \nGame 1, Sunday, August 17: Zurich Barracudas II vs. Zurich Challengers II 21-5
    \nGame 2, Sunday, August 24, 11:00 AM, Heerensch\u00fcrli: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II
    \nGame 3, Sunday, August 24, 2:00 PM, Heerensch\u00fcrli: Zurich Challengers II vs. Zurich Barracudas II (if necessary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-startseite-en","category-nlb-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNLB-Team with their backs against the wall - Zurich Challengers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Challengers Baseball- und Softball-Club Z\u00fcrich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/nlb-team-with-their-backs-against-the-wall\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/nlb-team-with-their-backs-against-the-wall\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.challengers.ch\/en\/nlb-team-with-their-backs-against-the-wall\/\",\"name\":\"NLB-Team with their backs against the wall - 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