Virtaala Reaches 2019 Paf Masters Tour Quarters

SKIP
Elina
Virtaala

Third
Miia
Ahrenberg

Second
Janina
Lindstroem

Lead
Tuuli
Rissanen

Elina Virtaala (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the 2019 Paf Masters Tour playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-0 against Selina Witschonke (Luzern, SUI). of the 2019 Paf Masters Tour in Aland, Finland;

Virtaala finished 3-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtaala lost 13-0 to Witschonke, then responded with a 5-2 win over Sophie Jackson (Dumfries, SCO). Virtaala went on to lose 5-4 against Maggie Wilson (Stirling, SCO). Virtaala responded with a 7-4 win over Maria Larsson (Ostersund, SWE). Virtaala won 7-3 against Tova Sundberg (Ostersund, SWE). Virtaala went on to lose 7-3 against Vlada Rumiantseva (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Virtaala earned 4.190 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Virtaala move up 35 spots after posting a net gain of 3.829 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 176th overall with 7.442 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Virtaala ranks 112th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.190 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

2019: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Jennie Wahlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjoberg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Jennie Wahlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjoberg
Stockholm, SWE
2017: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Chohi Kim
Uiseong, KOR

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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