Blumberga Finishes Fourth at 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Santa
Blumberga

Third
Ieva
Rudzite

Second
Katrina
Gaidule

Lead
Tina
Silina

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.92
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Santa Blumberga (Riga, LAT) lost 9-3 to Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia. of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; Santa Blumberga (Riga, LAT) lost 9-3 to Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia. Blumberga lost 4-2 to Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 8-5 over Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Blumberga finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blumberga defeated Eirin Mesloe (Lillehammer, NOR) 7-5, then won 7-1 against Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) and 6-2 against Kateryna Yakymets (Kyiv, UKR). Blumberga went on to lose 7-5 against Huerlimann in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Blumberga take home 8.000 world rankings points along with 405CDN. For week 12 of the event schedule, Blumberga did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Blumberga ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2022: Corrie Huerlimann
Corrie Huerlimann, Celine Schwizgebel, Nadine Baertschiger, Anna Gut, Melina Bezzola
Zug, SUI
2021: Vlada Rumiantseva
Vlada Rumiantseva, Aleksandra Mozzherina, Aleksandra Stoyarosova, Ekaterina Kungurova, Irina Riazanova
Moscow, RUS
2019: Maia Ramsfjell
Maia Ramsfjell, Martine Roenning, Mille Nordbye, Astri Forbregd
Lillehammer, NOR
2018: Maggie Wilson
Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall, Amy MacDonald, Eilidh Yeats
Stirlign, SCO
2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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