Zappone2-7 at 2019 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Veronica
Zappone

Third
Stefania
Constantini

Second
Angela
Romei

Lead
Federica
Ghedina

Games:	9
Record:	2W - 7L
PF/G:	5.86
PA/G:	8.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Veronica Zappone (Trentino, ITA) finished 2-7 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zappone lost 8-3 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), droppimg another game, 11-4 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RCF). Zappone lost 8-7 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Zappone lost 9-7 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Zappone lost 6-5 to Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN) where Zappone responded with a 7-6 win over Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Zappone went on to lose 8-4 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Zappone responded with a 7-6 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Zappone went on to lose 11-7 against Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

Zappone earned 6.224 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 117th place overall with 31.175 total points. Zappone ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.975 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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