Nielsen6-3 at 2016 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Hvidovre, Denmark

SKIP
Lene
Nielsen

Third
Helle
Simonsen

Second
Stefanie
Risdal Nielsen

Lead
Charlotte
Clemmensen

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.09
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) finished 6-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nielsen defeated Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) 7-2, then won 6-3 against Daniela Driendl (Fï¿½ssen , GER) and 9-7 against Maile Molder (Tallinn, EST). Nielsen won 7-5 against Dorottya Palancsa (Budapest, HUN), then won 8-1 against Cissi Ostlund (Karlstad, SWE) and 7-4 against Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI). Nielsen went on to lose 8-5 against Kristin Moen Skaslien (Oslo, NOR). Nielsen lost 7-6 to Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Nielsen lost 8-5 to Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Nielsen earned 17.059 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 64.504 total points. Nielsen ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.504 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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Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) defeated Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, Michigan) 5-3 to earn the right to represent the USA at the 2025 Pan Continental Championships.

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