Liu Reaches 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel Semifinals

Beijing, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.02
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Rui Liu (Beijing, CHN) run at the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Tyler George (Duluth, MN). of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States; Liu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-3 win over Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States;

Liu finished 4-1 in the 24 team St. Paul Cash Spiel qualifying round, held October 13 - 16, 2011 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, United States. In their opening game, Liu lost 6-0 to Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN), then responded with a 7-5 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Liu won 7-4 against Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN), then won 7-5 against Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, MN) and 7-4 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 2.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Paul Cash SpielLiu earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Paul Cash SpielLiu earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Paul Cash SpielLiu earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the St. Paul Cash Spiel. Liu move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 2.25 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 38th overall with 43.791 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Liu ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.925 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2012	5	1	0	0.833	2-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2012	41	37	27	9.02	6.59	2.44	4.63	4.15	1.95	1.59	1.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2012	19	27	7	1	1-0	3-0	6-1	1.42	0.37	0.56	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2012	22	10	20	4	0-1	0-0	3-6	0.45	0.91	0.36	0.32

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