Walstad Reaches 2018 German Masters Quarters

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2018 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER). of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Walstad finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI) 5-4, then won 8-2 against Bjorn Jungen (Adelboden, SUI). Walstad went on to lose 5-1 against Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO). Walstad responded with a 6-1 win over Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Walstad earned 13.624 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 336.438 total points. Walstad ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 160.910 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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