Stasa-Sarsune6-3 at 2018 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Iveta
Stasa-Sarsune

Third
Ieva
Krusta

Second
Santa
Blumberga

Lead
Evelina
Barone

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	8.53
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stasa-Sarsune defeated Lisa Farnell (Tunbridge Wells, ENG) 6-5, then won 7-6 against Spain's Oihane Otaegi and 10-1 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU). Stasa-Sarsune won 11-4 against Marianne Neeleman (Zoetermeer, NED), then won 6-4 against Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST). Stasa-Sarsune went on to lose 8-6 against Alina Pavlyuchik (Minsk, BLR). Stasa-Sarsune responded with a 11-4 win over Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Stasa-Sarsune went on to lose 8-6 against Marta Szeliga-Frynia (Lodz, POL). Stasa-Sarsune lost 8-7 to Kristin Moen Skaslien (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships playoffs earned Stasa-Sarsune 14.264 world rankings points, moving up 34 spots the World Ranking Standings into 118th place overall with 28.803 total points. Stasa-Sarsune ranks 87th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.549 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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