Tirinzoni Reaches International Bernese Ladies Cup Quarters

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.78
PA/G:	4.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) qualified for the International Bernese Ladies Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-3 against Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI).

Tirinzoni finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Ariane Oberson (Berne, SUI) 12-2, then won 8-2 against Marie Kaldvee (Tallinn, EST) and 7-4 against Moa Dryburgh (Stockholm, SWE). Tirinzoni won 6-5 against Schwaller, then won 8-5 against Fay Henderson (Stirling, GBR) in their final qualifying round match.

Tirinzoni earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Bernese Ladies Cup. For week 27 of the event schedule, Tirinzoni did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 1st place on the World Ranking Standings with 440.000 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 336.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2020: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva
Moscow, RUS
2018: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
, CHN
2017: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Zurich, SUI
2016: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI
2015: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Baden Regio, SUI
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Marlene Albrecht, Courtney Davies, Sandra Gantenbein
Aarau, SUI
2012: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marisa Winkelhausen, Stephanie Jaeggi, Nicole Schwaegli
, SUI
2011: Lene Nielsen
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
, DEN
2009: Shannon Kleibrink
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
Calgary, AB
2008: Kelly Scott
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
Kelowna, BC
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

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