Einspieler Runner-Up at St. Galler Elite Challenge

SKIP
Isabelle
Einspieler

Third
Alissa
Rudolf

Second
Jana
Hahlen

Lead
Renee
Frigo

Isabelle Einspieler (St. Gallen, SUI) lost 5-0 to Emira Abbes (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the St. Galler Elite Challenge, held January 18 - 21 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Einspieler won 6-3 over Lucy Blair (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Einspieler finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einspieler defeated Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) 10-4, then won 10-7 against Ilknur Urusan (Erzurum, TUR) and 7-4 against Elodie Jerger (Baden, SUI). Einspieler went on to lose 5-4 against Blair in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the St. Galler Elite Challenge, Einspieler take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 67 spots the World Ranking Standings into 156th place overall with 8.000 total points. Einspieler ranks 159th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	10	0	0.333	2-0	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
2024	114	77	94	6.75	8.25	-1.49	4.21	4.39	1.60	1.88	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	57	55	22	10	2-0	3-3	10-2	0.96	0.39	0.32	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	57	22	72	6	0-3	2-6	3-14	0.39	1.26	0.36	0.26

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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