Liu Reaches 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

Harbin, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Dongxu
Jiang

Lead
Jia Liang
Zang

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.00
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) qualified for the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Liu finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) 7-1, then went on to lose 7-5 against Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Liu responded with a 5-2 win over Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK). Liu won 7-6 against Dayna Deruelle (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 19.937 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, remaining in 23rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 172.552 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.019 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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