CHAMPION: Wuest Wins 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge

SKIP
Nora
Wuest

Third
Anna
Stern

Second
Karin
Winter

Lead
Lisa
Gugler

Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI) won 9-1 over Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI) in the Final of the St. Galler Elite Challenge, held January 21 - 23, 2022 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Wuest won 8-7 over Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland; of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Wuest finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wuest defeated Schori 9-6, then won 7-1 against Annina Loritz (Baden, SUI) and 8-5 against Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER). Wuest won 7-5 against Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Galler Elite Challenge Championship title, Wuest earned 21.395 world rankings points along with the $2,761CDN first prize cheque, moving up 47 spots the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 36.818 total points. Wuest ranks 77th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.778 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	14	11	0	0.560	0-0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	187	157	138	8.40	7.38	1.02	4.97	4.22	1.69	1.75	0.80

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	87	93	30	7	0-1	6-1	22-4	1.07	0.34	0.35	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	100	64	108	8	3-3	4-9	10-22	0.64	1.08	0.41	0.34

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Xenia Schwaller, Fabienne Rieder, Marion Wuest, Selina Gafner, Selina Rychiger, Andreas Schwaller
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Nora Wuest, Anna Stern, Karin Winter, Lisa Gugler
Wetzikon, SUI

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