Virtaala2-5 at 2020 Women's World Qualification Event

Fourth
Miia
Ahrenberg

SKIP
Elina
Virtaala

Second
Janina
Lindstroem

Lead
Tuuli
Rissanen

Elina Virtaala (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtaala lost 12-3 to Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR), then responded with a 11-1 win over Adriana Camarena (Mexico City, MEX). Virtaala went on to lose 9-5 against Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST). Virtaala lost 7-6 to Marianne Rorvik (Oslo, NOR). Virtaala lost 8-6 to Veronica Zappone (Trentino, ITA). Virtaala lost 11-4 to Dilsat Yildiz (Eruzurum, TUR) where Virtaala responded with a 13-5 win over Lauren Wagner (Melbourne, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Virtaala earned 1.688 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Virtaala move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 1.326 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 155th overall with 10.407 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Virtaala ranks 148th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.046 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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