Stern4-3 at 2018 International Bernese Ladies Cup

Wetzikon, Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Huerlimann

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.45
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Elena Stern (Wetzikon, SUI) finished 4-3 in the 32 team International Bernese Ladies Cup qualifying round, held January 11 - 14, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Stern defeated Claire Hamilton (Edinburgh, SCO) 9-1, then won 6-5 against Raphaela Keiser (Zug, SUI). Stern went on to lose 7-1 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). Stern responded with a 7-3 win over Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Stern went on to lose 5-3 against Isabella Wrana (Stockholm, SWE). Stern responded with a 6-5 win over Anette Norberg (Stocksund, SWE). Stern went on to lose 7-6 against Sarah Anderson (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Stern ranks 81st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.679 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	3	0	0.571	2-1	2-2	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	51	38	33	7.45	6.47	0.98	4.31	4.51	1.73	1.43	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	23	27	10	0	1-0	1-0	7-2	1.17	0.43	0.39	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	11	23	6	0-0	1-1	2-6	0.39	0.82	0.53	0.25

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2018: Bingyu Wang
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2016: Silvana Tirinzoni
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2015: Alina Paetz
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2007: Anette Norberg
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