Stasa-Sarsune Runner-Up at 2019 Latvia International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Iveta
Stasa-Sarsune

Third
Santa
Blumberga

Second
Ieva
Krusta

Lead
Evelina
Barone

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	10.20
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) lost 8-6 to Maia Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Stasa-Sarsune won 5-3 over Amy MacDonald (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 9-4 over Ieva Rudzite (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Stasa-Sarsune finished 3-1 in the 13 team Latvia International Challenger qualifying round, held October 24 - 27, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Stasa-Sarsune defeated Natalia Sverzhinskaya (Minsk, BLR) 10-2, then won 7-1 against Anastasia Babarykina (Saint Petersburg, RUS). Stasa-Sarsune went on to lose 7-6 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU). Stasa-Sarsune responded with a 9-1 win over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Stasa-Sarsune take home 9.390 world rankings points along with the $1,158CDN prize, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with 27.733 total points. Stasa-Sarsune ranks 109th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.390 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	51	52	26	10.20	5.10	5.10	5.49	3.92	1.86	1.30	0.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	21	31	10	0	2-0	5-0	1-3	1.48	0.48	0.38	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	30	21	16	3	0-0	1-0	5-3	0.70	0.53	0.77	0.47

2019: Maia Ramsfjell
Maia Ramsfjell, Martine Roenning, Mille Nordbye, Astri Forbregd
Lillehammer, NOR
2018: Maggie Wilson
Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall, Amy MacDonald, Eilidh Yeats
Stirlign, SCO
2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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