Schwaller Runner-Up at 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Third
Michael
Brunner

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Marcel
Kaeufeler

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	9.22
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) lost 7-6 to Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in the Final of the St. Galler Elite Challenge, held January 21 - 23, 2022 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 6-2 over Luca Rizzolli (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland; and won 9-2 over Mark Watt (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Schwaller finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller lost 7-5 to James Craik (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Dean Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) where Schwaller responded with a 8-5 win over Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI). Schwaller won 7-4 against Rizzolli in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the St. Galler Elite Challenge, Schwaller take home 19.584 world rankings points along with the $1,657CDN prize, remaining in 14th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.411 after improving upon their best so far this season. Schwaller ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 115.402 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	56	34	0	0.622	13-9	5-4	4-6	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	674	540	417	8.01	6.19	1.82	4.91	3.96	1.63	1.56	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	316	402	64	36	12-1	29-2	75-8	1.27	0.20	0.41	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	358	138	353	40	2-7	6-16	22-79	0.39	0.99	0.54	0.27

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