CHAMPION: Sigfridsson Wins 2012 Swedish Eliteserien

Fourth
Maria
Prytz

Third
Christina
Bertrup

Second
Maria
Wennerstroem

SKIP
Margaretha
Sigfridsson

Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) won 8-5 over Jonna McManus (Gavle, SWE) in the Final of the Swedish Eliteserien, held November 17 - February 27, 2012 in Uppsala - Karlstad, Sweden.

Sigfridsson finished 11-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigfridsson defeated Sofia Gustafsson (Harnosand, SWE) 13-4, then won 9-2 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 7-2 against Monika Mabergs (Malung, SWE). Sigfridsson went on to lose 7-4 against Anette Norberg (Karlstad, SWE). Sigfridsson responded with a 7-3 win over McManus. Sigfridsson won 8-6 against Hedvig Kamp (Uppsala, SWE), then won 6-1 against Paulina Stein (Uppsala, SWE) and 10-1 against Gustafsson. Sigfridsson won 9-4 against Hasselborg, then won 8-1 against Mabergs. Sigfridsson went on to lose 8-6 against Norberg. Sigfridsson responded with a 5-3 win over McManus. Sigfridsson went on to lose 9-2 against Hasselborg. Sigfridsson lost 7-6 to Kamp where Sigfridsson responded with a 11-4 win over Stein in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swedish Eliteserien Championship title, Sigfridsson earned 6.480 world rankings points. Sigfridsson move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 167.72 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 313.200 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sigfridsson ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 126.240 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

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