Keiser Reaches 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge Semifinals

Fourth
Selina
Witschonke

Third
Elena
Mathis

SKIP
Raphaela
Keiser

Lead
Marina
Loertscher

Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) run at the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-7 loss to Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI). of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland; Keiser advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-4 win over Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI). of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Keiser finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Keiser defeated Isabell Einspieler (St. Gallen, SUI) 12-1, then went on to lose 6-2 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Keiser responded with a 5-2 win over Sarah Mueller (Biel, SUI). Keiser won 10-1 against Fabienne Rieder (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Keiser earned 12.124 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Galler Elite Challenge. Keiser move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 8.632 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 88.409 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Keiser ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.293 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	38	22	0	0.633	5-4	1-1	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	449	363	270	8.08	6.01	2.07	4.88	4.08	1.66	1.48	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	224	244	72	31	6-1	15-4	50-12	1.09	0.32	0.37	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	225	119	198	16	1-2	11-9	19-40	0.53	0.88	0.62	0.33

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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