Kauste Runner-Up at 2018 Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Oona
Kauste

Third
Eszter
Juhasz

Second
Maija
Salmiovirta

Lead
Lotta
Immonen

Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN) lost 9-3 to Maggie Wilson (Stirlign, SCO) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 25 - 28, 2018 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Kauste won 6-4 over Ieva Rudzite (Riga, LAT) in the semifinals of the 2018 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 7-5 over Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Kauste finished 2-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste lost 4-3 to Stasa-Sarsune, then responded with a 9-4 win over Irina Belko (Minsk, BLR). Kauste went on to lose 5-3 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU). Kauste responded with a 5-2 win over Wilson in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Kauste take home 9.854 world rankings points along with the $1,194CDN prize, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 66th place overall with 57.618 total points. Kauste ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.440 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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Stirlign, SCO
2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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