Hess3-8 at 2018 Swiss Curling Championship

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Jan
Hess

Third
Simon
Gloor

Second
Simon
Hoehn

Lead
Reto
Schoenenberger

Games:	11
Record:	3W - 8L
PF/G:	6.50
PA/G:	7.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) finished 3-8 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hess lost 7-5 to Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Hess lost 9-4 to Felix Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI). Hess lost 9-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) where Hess responded with a 9-3 win over Yves Hess (Zug, SUI). Hess won 7-0 against Lottenbach, then won 11-9 against Schwaller. Hess went on to lose 7-6 against Schwaller. Hess lost 8-7 to Attinger. Hess lost 8-6 to Hess. Hess lost 7-4 to Pfister in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 1.817 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 156th place overall with 31.562 total points. Hess ranks 119th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.917 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

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