Hess Reaches 2018 Swiss Curling Championship Semifinals

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Yves
Hess

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Michael
Mueller

Lead
Fabian
Schmid

Games:	10
Record:	4W - 6L
PF/G:	6.11
PA/G:	9.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Yves Hess (Zug, SUI) run at the 2018 Swiss Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-6 loss to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). of the 2018 Swiss Curling Championship in Flims, Switzerland;

Hess finished 4-5 in the 6 team Swiss Curling Championship qualifying round, held February 10 - 17, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Hess lost 10-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then responded with a 8-7 win over Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI). Hess won 8-7 against Pfister. Hess went on to lose 9-3 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Hess responded with a 6-5 win over Felix Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI). Hess went on to lose 11-5 against Attinger. Hess lost 10-5 to Pfister where Hess responded with a 8-6 win over Hess. Hess went on to lose 9-2 against Lottenbach in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 10.296 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swiss Curling Championship, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 89th place overall with 73.287 total points. Hess ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.697 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2018	4	6	0	0.400	2-0	0-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2018	90	55	82	6.11	9.11	-3.00	4.22	5.11	1.45	1.78	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2018	49	50	15	3	0-0	3-1	11-0	1.02	0.31	0.30	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2018	41	5	67	3	0-4	0-3	0-16	0.12	1.63	0.30	0.12

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