Ma Reaches 2018 Oakville Fall Classic Quarters

Beijing, China

SKIP
Xiu Yue
Ma

Third
Dongxu
Jiang

Second
Zhi
Ling

Lead
Jingyuan
Wang

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.11
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.13
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN).

Ma finished 3-1 in the 21 team Oakville Fall Classic qualifying round, held August 30 - September 2, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. In their opening game, Ma defeated Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) 4-3, then went on to lose 11-1 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Ma responded with a 8-3 win over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Strathroy, ON). Ma won 6-4 against Steve Holdaway (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Ma earned 16.812 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Oakville Fall Classic, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 65.469 total points. Ma ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.812 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	3	2	0	0.600	1-1	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	36	22	27	6.11	7.50	-1.39	4.44	4.44	1.38	1.69	1.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	16	15	7	1	0-1	2-0	0-0	0.94	0.44	0.13	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	20	7	20	3	0-1	0-0	2-4	0.35	1.00	0.58	0.25

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant, Brian Chick
London, ON

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