Mellemseter Runner-Up at 2017 Norway Cup 1

SKIP
Steffen R.
Mellemseter

Third
Willhelm
Naess

Second
Martin
Sesaker

Lead
Hannah
Skarsheim Rian

Steffen R. Mellemseter (Oppdal, NOR) lost 6-5 to Bendik Ramsfjell (Jar, NOR) in the Final of the Norway Cup 1, held September 22 - 24, 2017 in Jar, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Mellemseter won 8-3 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2017 Norway Cup 1 in Jar, Norway; and won 8-4 over Olav Kringlebotn (Hedmarken, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Norway Cup 1 in Jar, Norway;

Mellemseter finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mellemseter defeated Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) 6-4, then won 11-5 against Jorn Nordhagen (Lillehammer, NOR) and 14-2 against Espen De Lange (Jar, NOR). Mellemseter won 5-4 against Kringlebotn, then won 6-1 against Christer Wibe (Halden, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Norway Cup 1, Mellemseter take home 6.398 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize, moving up 93 spots the World Ranking Standings into 200th place overall with 10.297 total points. Mellemseter ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.398 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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