Stasa-Sarsune Runner-Up at 2019 Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Iveta
Stasa-Sarsune

Third
Santa
Blumberga

Second
Ieva
Krusta

Lead
Evelina
Barone

Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) lost 8-6 to Maia Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 24 - 27, 2019 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Stasa-Sarsune won 5-3 over Amy MacDonald (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 9-4 over Ieva Rudzite (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Stasa-Sarsune finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stasa-Sarsune defeated Natalia Sverzhinskaya (Minsk, BLR) 10-2, then won 7-1 against Anastasia Babarykina (Saint Petersburg, RUS). Stasa-Sarsune went on to lose 7-6 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU). Stasa-Sarsune responded with a 9-1 win over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Stasa-Sarsune take home 9.390 world rankings points along with the $1,158CDN prize, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with 27.733 total points. Stasa-Sarsune ranks 109th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.390 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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Corrie Huerlimann, Celine Schwizgebel, Nadine Baertschiger, Anna Gut, Melina Bezzola
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2021: Vlada Rumiantseva
Vlada Rumiantseva, Aleksandra Mozzherina, Aleksandra Stoyarosova, Ekaterina Kungurova, Irina Riazanova
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Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall, Amy MacDonald, Eilidh Yeats
Stirlign, SCO
2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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