Vilenius Reaches 2016 Swedish National Championship Quarters

SKIP
Michael
Vilenius

Third
Peter
Tedenback

Second
Mats
Jansson

Lead
Andreas
Adersteg

Michael Vilenius (Stocksund, SWE) qualified for the 2016 Swedish National Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-8 against Marcus Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). of the 2016 Swedish National Championship in Pitea, Sweden;

Vilenius finished 3-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Vilenius lost 6-5 to Hasselborg, then responded with a 8-7 win over Erik Janze (Umea, SWE). Vilenius won 7-6 against Bert Andersson (Uppsala, SWE). Vilenius went on to lose 7-4 against Jon Melin (Skelleftea, SWE). Vilenius responded with a 9-1 win over Rickard Hallstrom (Ostersund, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Vilenius earned 10.535 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Swedish National Championship, moving up 259 spots the World Ranking Standings into 239th place overall with 11.015 total points. Vilenius ranks 195th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.535 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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