Newly acquired softball pitcher Danielle Bonnet will arrive in Zurich on Wednesday to join the Challengers Softball-Team. The 21-year old right-handed pitcher, who was born in Phoenix, Arizona, played with the Pacific Tigers from the University of the Pacific, California. Bonnet, who graduated in sports medicine, pitched in 101 games, had a 36-44 record with 2 saves and a 4.19 ERA in 454.2 innings pitched with 236 strikeouts in her four years with the Tigers.
Before that Bonnet played with the Mustangs Softball Team for the Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria, Arizona, where she was the ace in the circle, finishing her senior year with a 18-1 record and a 0.69 ERA. She earned all-state honors in her final year at high school and region player of the year status.
Bonnet will make her debut for the Challengers on Sunday against the Bern Cardinals at Bern.

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The Challengers ladies lost against the Zürich Barracudas on Tuesday night, May 19. And it was a roller-coaster game with – once more – the better end for the Barracudas.The Challengers led four times by three runs, but the Barracudas answered every time right away and the newly acquired Nina Wolfensberger drove in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 14-13. Though they lost, the C’s bats were on fire, as Sandrine Montandon led her team going 4-for-4 with five RBI’s. The C’s will face the Cardinals on May 31 at Bern.

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The Challengers‘ players Simona Cellar and Leandra Simitovic made the Swiss National Team’s 13-woman roster for this year’s Softball European Championship Women, which will take place from July 19 till 25 in Rosmalen, Netherlands.

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