Lottenbach4-3 at 2019 SWISSCURLING Championship

Luzern, Switzerland

SKIP
Lucien
Lottenbach

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Patrick
AbÃ¤cherli

Lead
Tom
Winkelhausen

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	7.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lottenbach lost 8-7 to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI), droppimg another game, 10-2 to Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) where Lottenbach responded with a 9-6 win over Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI). Lottenbach won 6-4 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Lottenbach went on to lose 10-3 against Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI). Lottenbach responded with a 9-3 win over Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI). Lottenbach won 7-6 against Daniel Timo (Laufen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Lottenbach earned 9.234 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 73rd place overall with 53.383 total points. Lottenbach ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.383 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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