Kovaleva6-3 at 2019 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Saint-Petersburg, RCF

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	8.27
PA/G:	6.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RCF) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) 12-5, then won 11-4 against Veronica Zappone (Trentino, ITA) and 8-7 against Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Kovaleva went on to lose 10-9 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Kovaleva lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Kovaleva lost 8-7 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) where Kovaleva responded with a 6-3 win over Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Kovaleva won 8-7 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then won 12-5 against Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 24.898 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with 210.699 total points. Kovaleva ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 178.640 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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