Hess Reaches 2018 Swiss Curling Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Yves
Hess

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Michael
Mueller

Lead
Fabian
Schmid

Yves Hess (Zug, SUI) run at the 2018 Swiss Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-6 loss to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). of the 2018 Swiss Curling Championship in Flims, Switzerland;

Hess finished 4-5 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hess lost 10-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then responded with a 8-7 win over Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI). Hess won 8-7 against Pfister. Hess went on to lose 9-3 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Hess responded with a 6-5 win over Felix Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI). Hess went on to lose 11-5 against Attinger. Hess lost 10-5 to Pfister where Hess responded with a 8-6 win over Hess. Hess went on to lose 9-2 against Lottenbach in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 10.296 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swiss Curling Championship, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 89th place overall with 73.287 total points. Hess ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.697 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

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