Stern5-3 at 2018 Qinghai Curling Elite

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern lost 9-4 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 13-4 win over Eszter Juhasz (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Stern won 8-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER), then won 6-5 against Cait Flannery (Chaska, USA). Stern went on to lose 5-4 against Ying Yang (Harbin, CHN). Stern responded with a 12-2 win over Di Zhang (Harbin, CHN). Stern won 5-4 against Yu Han (Changchun, CHN). Stern went on to lose 5-4 against Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Stern earned 11.172 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Qinghai Curling Elite. Stern gained -9.048 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 21stplace overall with 169.369 total points. Stern ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 184.770 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

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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