CHAMPION: Paetz Wins 2015 Swiss Curling Championship

SKIP
Alina
Paetz

Third
Nadine
Lehmann

Second
Marisa
Winkelhausen

Lead
Nicole
Schwaegli

Alina Paetz (Baden Regio, SUI) won 7-5 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Swiss Curling Championship, held February 14 - 21, 2015 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Paetz finished 9-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paetz defeated Michele Jaggi (Berne, SUI) 9-3, then won 6-5 against Melanie Barbezat (Biel, SUI) and 10-3 against Nora Baumann (Uitikon, SUI). Paetz won 8-7 against Tirinzoni. Paetz went on to lose 8-6 against Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI). Paetz responded with a 7-6 win over Tirinzoni. Paetz won 6-5 against Feltscher, then won 4-3 against Jaggi and 7-3 against Baumann. Paetz won 5-4 against Barbezat in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Curling Championship Championship title, Paetz earned 13.360 world rankings points, remaining in 10th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.36 after improving upon their best so far this season. Paetz ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 108.200 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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