CHAMPION: Perret/Rios Wins 2019 Schweizer Cup

Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) won 10-1 over Michele Jaeggi/Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Schweizer Cup, held December 20 - 22, 2019 in Biel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Perret/Rios won 9-3 over Switzerland's Lea Huppi/Jonas Weiss in the semifinals

Perret/Rios finished 2-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Perret/Rios defeated Switzerland's Cynthia Gertsch/Cyril Gertsch 9-0, then won 11-0 against Switzerland's Noelle Iseli/Rene Iseli in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Schweizer Cup Championship title, Perret/Rios earned 33.280 world rankings points along with the $3,352CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.842 after improving upon their best so far this season. Perret/Rios ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 181.908 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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