Ruohonen Reaches 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) qualified for the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB).

Ruohonen finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost 5-4 to Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 6-5 win over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). Ruohonen won 7-3 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Ruohonen went on to lose 10-2 against Horgan in their final qualifying round match.

Ruohonen earned 18.900 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2. Ruohonen gained 11.788 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 23rdplace overall with 202.079 total points. Ruohonen ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.738 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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