CHAMPION: Stern Wins 2019 Schweizer Cup

Oberwallis, Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Huerlimann

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.67
PA/G:	7.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) won 8-4 over Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Stern won 8-6 over Binia Feltscher (Langenthal, SUI) in the semifinals

Stern finished 4-2 in the 8 team Schweizer Cup qualifying round, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Stern lost 8-4 to Wuest, then responded with a 7-5 win over Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI). Stern went on to lose 6-3 against Selina Witschonke (Luzern, SUI). Stern responded with a 8-6 win over Schori. Stern won 7-3 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), then won 7-5 against Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Schweizer Cup Championship title, Stern earned 33.996 world rankings points along with the $6,704CDN first prize cheque. Stern move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 30.48 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 323.318 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 241.006 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	2	0	0.750	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	60	52	43	8.67	7.17	1.50	5.33	4.67	1.63	1.54	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	29	40	5	0	0-0	2-0	12-0	1.38	0.17	0.48	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	31	12	38	0	0-1	0-1	4-10	0.39	1.23	0.48	0.26

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