Keiser Runner-Up at 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major

St. Moritz, Switzerland

Fourth
Selina
Witschonke

Third
Elena
Mathis

SKIP
Raphaela
Keiser

Lead
Marina
Loertscher

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	5.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) lost 8-3 to Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major, held September 16 - 19, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Keiser won 4-2 over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Keiser finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Keiser defeated Lisa Parent (Calgary, AB) 8-2, then went on to lose 8-5 against Kitazawa. Keiser responded with a 7-2 win over Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB). Keiser won 7-3 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major, Keiser take home 24.750 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize. Keiser move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 7.75 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 143.164 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Keiser ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	39	33	0	0.542	5-4	9-8	3-3	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	537	381	345	7.10	6.42	0.67	4.54	4.36	1.56	1.47	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	259	270	77	27	5-2	18-1	45-10	1.04	0.30	0.29	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	278	111	268	32	3-4	6-13	18-54	0.40	0.96	0.59	0.26

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