Stern Runner-Up at 2017 Latvia International Challenger

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Elena Stern (Wetzikon, SUI) lost 5-3 to Daniela Jentsch (Fï¿½ssen, GER) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 26 - 29, 2017 in Riga, Latvia.

Stern finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern lost 7-5 to Alina Pavlyuchik (Minsk, BLR), then responded with a 9-5 win over Angelina Jensen (Hvidovre, DEN). Stern won 9-4 against Lisa Farnell (Tunbridge Wells, ENG), then won 6-1 against Madara Bremane (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Stern take home 11.196 world rankings points along with the $1,189CDN prize, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 91st place overall with 38.485 total points. Stern ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.179 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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Corrie Huerlimann, Celine Schwizgebel, Nadine Baertschiger, Anna Gut, Melina Bezzola
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Vlada Rumiantseva, Aleksandra Mozzherina, Aleksandra Stoyarosova, Ekaterina Kungurova, Irina Riazanova
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2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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