Einarson Runner-Up at 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Meilleur

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.69
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-3 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 5-4 over Eve Muirhead (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals and won 8-6 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the quarterfinals.

Einarson finished 3-1 in the 15 team Humpty's Champions Cup qualifying round, held April 23 - 28, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Kovaleva 6-5, then won 7-1 against Vlada Rumyanceva (Moscow, RUS) and 8-3 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Einarson went on to lose 7-3 against Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Humpty's Champions Cup, Einarson take home 55.839 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. Einarson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 24.708 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 496.956 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Einarson ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 496.956 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	5	2	0	0.714	4-1	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	52	40	32	7.69	6.15	1.54	4.81	4.62	1.60	1.33	0.58

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	29	31	10	2	0-0	4-0	5-1	1.07	0.34	0.33	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	23	9	22	1	0-0	0-2	2-3	0.39	0.96	0.67	0.30

2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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