Keiser Reaches 2023 Swiss Curling Championships Semifinals

Fourth
Selina
Witschonke

Third
Elena
Mathis

SKIP
Raphaela
Keiser

Lead
Marina
Loertscher

Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) run at the 2023 Swiss Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-4 loss to Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI). of the 2023 Swiss Curling Championships in Geneve-Thonex, Switzerland;

Keiser finished 4-4 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Keiser defeated Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI) 10-6, then went on to lose 6-4 against Nora Wuest (Wallisellen, SUI). Keiser responded with a 9-1 win over Huerlimann. Keiser went on to lose 9-3 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Keiser lost 7-4 to Huerlimann. Keiser lost 8-2 to Jaeggi where Keiser responded with a 8-2 win over Wuest. Keiser won 6-5 against Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.

Keiser earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swiss Curling Championships, remaining in 13th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Keiser ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 162.750 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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