Tirinzoni Runner-Up at 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Melanie
Barbezat

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	0.00
PA/G:	0.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) lost 4-0 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Princess Auto Elite 10, held September 26 - 30, 2018 in Chatham, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 3-2 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 in Chatham, Ontario; and won 3-1 over Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 in Chatham, Ontario;

Tirinzoni finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost 5-2 to Jones, then responded with a 4-2 win over Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB). Tirinzoni went on to lose 3-2 against Tracy Fleury (Winnipeg, MB). Tirinzoni responded with a 4-2 win over Walker in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Princess Auto Elite 10, Tirinzoni take home 52.151 world rankings points along with the $16,500CDN prize. Tirinzoni move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 21.595 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with 292.916 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tirinzoni ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.771 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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