Schwaller Runner-Up at 2024 Swiss National Championship

SKIP
Xenia
Schwaller

Third
Selina
Gafner

Second
Fabienne
Rieder

Lead
Selina
Rychiger

After advancing directly to the championship game, Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) lost 5-4 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Swiss National Championship, held February 5 - 10, 2024 in Geneve-Thonex, Switzerland.

Schwaller finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) 10-2, then won 5-4 against Tirinzoni and 7-6 against Roxanne Heritier (Luzern, SUI). Schwaller went on to lose 8-2 against Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss National Championship, Schwaller take home 24.750 world rankings points, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 16.875 after improving upon their best so far this season. Schwaller ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 185.125 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

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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