The Softball-Team stayed in fourth place after a split with the fifth placed Reussbühl Eagles on Saturday, August 29 at Reussbühl. Claudia Stierli pitched a three-hitter, as the Eagles posted a 11-3 victory in Game 1. The Challengers’ offense was almost inexistent, as Karen Heimgartner, Elisabete Vieira and Simona Cellar had the only hits for the C’s, while the defense committed five errors that led to a total of nine unearned runs. Leandra Simitovic allowed 11 runs – only two of them earned – and eight hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Game 2 saw a different Challengers team, as Simone Zurschmitten opened the score with a 2-run triple in the first inning. And the C’s added some more runs for a 5-1 lead after two frames, before they delivered four hits and scored six runs in the sixth inning to make it 11-1. Karen Heimgartner tossed six strong innings with ten strikeouts and two walks, while Simona Cellar, Leandra Simitovic and Ziegylou Wehrli had two hits apiece. The Challengers are now one victory away from clinching the playoff berth. They will face their cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas on Sunday, September 6 at the Klopstockwiese.

The Softball-Team moved into fourth place with two wins against the Hünenberg Unicorns on Sunday, August 23. The Challengers delivered ten hits and scored 17 runs in the first two innings en route to a 22-7 win in Game 1, as Simone Zurschmitten opened the score with a 2-run triple and Simona Cellar added a base-clearing triple in the first inning to make it 7-0. And the C’s used five hits and five walks for ten runs in the second frame, before Alexia Zingg belted a 2-run triple in the third inning for a 19-1 lead. Cellar and Zingg drove in four runs each and Zurschmitten and Brigit Zuber had three RBI’s, while Andrea Wirth and Leandra Simitovic scored three runs apiece. Leandra Simitovic pitched 3 1-3 strong innings and allowed one run and four hits with no walks and two strikeouts for the win and relief pitcher Simone Zurschmitten allowed six runs on four hits with one strikeout in 2-3 innings in her pitching debut. And the Challengers cruised to a 17-0 victory in Game 2, as they broke it open with eleven runs in the first frame to put things out of reach for the Unicorns. Leandra Simitovic drove in Simona Cellar to open the score and Vanessa Zulliger followed with a RBI-single and Andrea Wirth drove in Ziegylou Wehrli before Simone Zurschmitten capped the inning with a 2-run double. Brigit Zuber had a game-high three hits, while Flavia Von Meiss, Simitovic, Zurschmitten and Zuber drove in two runs apiece and Celine Welti and Wirth scored twice. Karen Heimgartner tossed a two-hitter with seven strikeouts for her fourth win of the season. The Challengers will face the Reussbühl Eagles in a battle for the last playoff spot on Saturday, August 29 at Reussbühl.

Das Softball-Team verlor am Sonntag, 16. August auf der Klopstockwiese zweimal gegen die zweitplatzierten Wil Devils. Die Ostschweizerinnen veredelten 15 Hits zu einem sicheren 13-7 Sieg in Spiel 1. In der zweiten Partie des Tages lag keines der beiden Team mit mehr als einem Run vorne, wobei die Challengers in der zweiten Hälfte des siebten Innings den Siegespunkt bei einem Out auf der dritten Base stehen hatten, die Entscheidung aber nicht herbeiführen konnten, sodass das Spiel mit einem 3-3 ins Extra-Inning ging. Dort gelang den Devils so ziemlich alles. Sie erzielten nicht weniger als acht Punkte und siegten letztlich 11-3.