Tirinzoni Reaches KIOTI National Semifinals

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) run at the KIOTI National came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR). of the KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; Tirinzoni advanced through the quarterfinals with a 11-4 win over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). of the KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Tirinzoni finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Gim. Tirinzoni responded with a 7-5 win over Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN). Tirinzoni went on to lose 6-4 against Jones in their final qualifying round match.

Tirinzoni earned 42.500 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the KIOTI National, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -9.375 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 188.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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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