CHAMPION: Stern Wins 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

Oberwallis , Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.65
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) won 6-5 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Stern won 9-1 over Kristen Streifel (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won 7-4 over Binia Feltscher (Switzerland, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

Stern finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated Feltscher 6-2, then won 6-4 against Jacqueline Harrison (Toronto, ON). Stern went on to lose 6-4 against Kira Brunton (Sudbury, ON). Stern responded with a 7-6 win over Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Stern earned 44.756 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Stern move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 39.364 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 190.785 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 136.882 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: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jill Brothers, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Marlee Powers
Halifax, NS
2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken
Vancouver, BC
2019: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang
Chuncheon, KOR
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jacqueline Harrison
Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Nicole Westlund Stewart
Mississauga, ON
2015: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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