Schwaller Runner-Up at 2024 Cortina Curling Cup

SKIP
Xenia
Schwaller

Third
Selina
Gafner

Second
Fabienne
Rieder

Lead
Selina
Rychiger

Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) lost 6-4 to Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the Final of the Cortina Curling Cup, held January 11 - 14, 2024 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Schwaller won 7-4 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 Cortina Curling Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; of the 2024 Cortina Curling Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy;

Schwaller finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) 7-5, then won 7-4 against Robyn Munro (Stirling, GBR) and 5-3 against Yildiz. Schwaller won 9-2 against Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Cortina Curling Cup, Schwaller take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. Schwaller move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 18.25 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 169.062 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 147.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	56	23	0	0.709	11-3	13-3	3-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	599	478	320	7.98	5.34	2.64	4.67	3.62	1.71	1.47	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	282	340	57	47	11-0	21-3	70-6	1.21	0.20	0.43	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	317	138	263	55	5-2	7-11	19-63	0.44	0.83	0.56	0.28

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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