Retornaz Reaches 2023 Insitu Players Open Quarters

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.41
PA/G:	5.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2023 Insitu Players Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON).

Retornaz finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) 6-3, then won 5-3 against Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) and 7-4 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Retornaz won 8-7 against Epping, then won 9-4 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Insitu Players Open, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 357.437 total points. Retornaz ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 93.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

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