Puustinen17-3 at Finnish Women's Championship

Mariehamn, Finland

SKIP
Sanna
Puustinen

Third
Heidi
Hossi

Second
Oona
Kauste

Lead
Marjo
Hippi

Games:	20
Record:	17W - 3L
PF/G:	10.87
PA/G:	4.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Sanna Puustinen (Mariehamn, FIN) finished 17-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Puustinen defeated Mari Wickstrom (Mariehamn, FIN) 11-7, then went on to lose 9-2 against Anne Malmi (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Puustinen responded with a 9-1 win over Kirsti Kauste (Vantaa, FIN). Puustinen won 9-3 against Taru Oksanen (Lohja, FIN), then won 12-2 against Lare Norri (Helsinki, FIN) and 9-2 against Eszter Juhasz (Helsinki, FIN). Puustinen went on to lose 7-6 against Milja Hellsten (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Puustinen responded with a 9-7 win over Malmi. Puustinen won 8-3 against Juhasz, then won 11-2 against Oksanen and 12-0 against Norri. Puustinen won 10-4 against Kauste, then won 14-4 against Wickstrom and 10-5 against Hellsten. Puustinen won 6-4 against Norri, then won 7-5 against Hellsten and 7-4 against Malmi. Puustinen won 7-1 against Norri. Puustinen went on to lose 6-5 against Hellsten. Puustinen responded with a 11-2 win over Malmi in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finnish Women's Championship Championship title, Puustinen earned 4.000 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 18.000 total points. Puustinen ranks 63rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.000 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

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