Orvik4-1 at 2018 The Big Spiel

SKIP
Merlin
Orvik

Third
Clayton
Orvik

Second
Rachel
Orvik

Lead
Greg
Orvik

Merlin Orvik (St. Paul, MN) finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Orvik defeated Michael Stark (Chaska, MN) 14-3, then won 8-2 against Gary Swanson (St. Paul, MN) and 8-4 against Mark Faltesek (St. Paul, MN). Orvik won 8-5 against Anthony Ames (Blaine, MN). Orvik went on to lose 1-0 against Mark Willmert (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week of the event schedule, Orvik did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Orvik ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Sweden's Anna Hasselborg (Photo: Anil Mungal) are the team to beat so far in Cortina with five straight wins to begin the competition.