Kauste

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Oona
Kauste

Third
Milja
Hellsten

Second
Maija
Salmiovirta

Lead
Marjo
Hippi

Games:	14
Record:	9W - 5L
PF/G:	10.44
PA/G:	6.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Kauste finished 9-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Finland's Saara Markkanen 8-4, then won 10-5 against Finland's Anne Malmi. Kauste went on to lose 8-7 against Finland's Mira Lehtonen. Kauste responded with a 5-4 win over Finland's Lare Norri. Kauste won 13-1 against Finland's Taru Oksanen, then won 7-6 against Finland's Mari Wickstrom and 12-2 against Finland's Kirsti Kauste. Kauste won 12-5 against Finland's Mira Lehtonen, then won 15-3 against Finland's Mari Wickstrom. Kauste went on to lose 10-6 against Finland's Anne Malmi. Kauste responded with a 9-2 win over Finland's Mira Lehtonen. Kauste went on to lose 7-6 against Finland's Mari Wickstrom. Kauste lost 7-4 to Finland's Anne Malmi in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 6.056 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Finnish Women's Championship, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 80th place overall with 54.880 total points. Kauste ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.830 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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