CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2023 Match Town Trophy

Zurich, Switzerland

SKIP
Xenia
Schwaller

Third
Selina
Gafner

Second
Fabienne
Rieder

Lead
Selina
Rychiger

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	12.06
PA/G:	4.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) won 9-4 over Tova Sundberg (Ostersund, SWE) in the Final of the Match Town Trophy, held October 12 - 15, 2023 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Schwaller won 9-4 over Marie Kaldvee (Tallinn, EST) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Match Town Trophy in Jonkoping, Sweden;

Schwaller finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Sundberg 9-2, then won 10-3 against Amanda Halvarsson (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 4-2 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Match Town Trophy Championship title, Schwaller earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 13.125 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 108.312 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	56	23	0	0.709	11-3	13-3	3-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	599	478	320	7.98	5.34	2.64	4.67	3.62	1.71	1.47	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	282	340	57	47	11-0	21-3	70-6	1.21	0.20	0.43	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	317	138	263	55	5-2	7-11	19-63	0.44	0.83	0.56	0.28

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