Softball Clubhouse 2010

Ladies open postseason

The Softball-Team will play its best-of-three semi-final series against the reigning Swiss champion Therwil Flyers. Both teams finished the qualification round with a 15-9 record with the Challengers gaining the home field advantage thanks to less runs allowed.

The postseason opens on Saturday, September 11 at Therwil. The game starts at 11am at Känelmatt I. Game 2 and if necessary 3 will take place on Sunday, September 12 at the Klopstockwiese. The games start at 11am and 1.30pm.

The Challengers and the Flyers share a long history of memorable playoff battles, as the two arch-rivals wil face each other for a playoff series for the sixth consecutive season. Last year the Flyers edged the C's 2-1 in the semi-finals after losing the opener 5-6. The only time the Challengers won a series was in 2006, as the C's swept the Flyers in the finals winning their first Swiss championship title.

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.

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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