Sturmay Reaches HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Semifinals

SKIP
Karsten
Sturmay

Third
Kyle
Doering

Second
Glenn
Venance

Lead
Kurtis
Goller

Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) run at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; Sturmay advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-2 win over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Sturmay finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated Sweden's Fredrik Nyman 6-4, then won 6-2 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) and 7-1 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Sturmay went on to lose 6-3 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Sturmay earned 23.375 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2. Sturmay move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 2.344 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 157.406 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sturmay ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	26	0	0.653	6-2	3-0	2-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	545	424	315	7.78	5.78	2.00	4.77	3.78	1.63	1.53	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	305	66	53	5-1	24-0	67-16	1.11	0.24	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	119	249	26	2-2	5-14	16-55	0.44	0.92	0.55	0.32

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