Stern Reaches Masters Quarters

Oberwallis, Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Huerlimann

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) qualified for the Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). of the Masters in North Bay, Ontario;

Stern finished 2-2 in the 15 team Masters qualifying round, held October 22 - 27 in , . In their opening game, Stern lost 7-5 to Fleury, then responded with a 5-4 win over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Stern won 6-3 against Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). Stern went on to lose 5-4 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Stern earned 36.125 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Masters. Stern move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 29.827 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 324.825 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 160.200 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	2	3	0	0.400	1-1	1-2	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	38	23	26	6.05	6.84	-0.79	4.47	4.21	1.35	1.63	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	18	18	4	3	0-0	1-0	4-1	1.00	0.22	0.33	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	20	5	22	2	0-1	0-0	0-6	0.25	1.10	0.46	0.25

2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
Caledon, ON
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2013: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2012: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

Rookie skips Alek Bedard (Quebec)(Photo by Anil Mungal) and Jake Higgs (Nunavut) enjoying first-time out at the Brier.

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