Schwaller3-1 at 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown

SKIP
Xenia
Schwaller

Third
Selina
Gafner

Second
Fabienne
Rieder

Lead
Selina
Rychiger

Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller lost 3-0 to Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR), then responded with a 5-2 win over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Schwaller won 4-3 against Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON), then won 6-4 against Zhuo Han (HARBIN, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown playoffs earned Schwaller 7.875 world rankings points. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.125 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 158.094 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	56	23	0	0.709	11-3	13-3	3-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	599	478	320	7.98	5.34	2.64	4.67	3.62	1.71	1.47	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	282	340	57	47	11-0	21-3	70-6	1.21	0.20	0.43	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	317	138	263	55	5-2	7-11	19-63	0.44	0.83	0.56	0.28

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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