CHAMPION: Paetz Wins 2017 Swiss Curling Championship

Zurich, Switzerland

SKIP
Alina
Paetz

Third
Nadine
Lehmann

Second
Marisa
Winkelhausen

Lead
Nicole
Schwaegli

Games:	13
Record:	10W - 3L
PF/G:	6.72
PA/G:	5.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) won 7-6 over Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI) in the Final of the Swiss Curling Championship, held February 11 - 18, 2017 in Flims, Switzerland.

Paetz finished 8-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paetz defeated Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) 8-3, then won 8-7 against Feltscher and 6-5 against Elena Stern (Wetzikon, SUI). Paetz won 6-4 against Lisa Gisler (Bern, SUI), then won 7-5 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Zurich, SUI) and 8-3 against Gisler. Paetz won 7-5 against Hegner. Paetz went on to lose 10-7 against Stern. Paetz responded with a 6-4 win over Feltscher. Paetz went on to lose 4-2 against Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Curling Championship Championship title, Paetz earned 28.329 world rankings points. Paetz move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 26.079 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 393.051 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Paetz ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.418 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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