Muirhead Reaches 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship Quarters

Perth, Scotland

SKIP
Glen
Muirhead

Third
Kyle
Smith

Second
Thomas
Muirhead

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) qualified for the 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-3 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI).

Muirhead finished 3-2 in the 18 team Aberdeen International Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 14 - 17, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated Hamish Gallacher (Dumfries, SCO) 6-2, then won 8-4 against Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER). Muirhead went on to lose 5-4 against Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Muirhead responded with a 7-4 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Muirhead went on to lose 8-4 against De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.

Muirhead earned 17.574 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, remaining in 16th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.191 after improving upon their best so far this season. Muirhead ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 225.279 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	4	3	0	0.571	1-0	2-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	52	39	32	7.50	6.15	1.35	5.00	4.04	1.50	1.52	0.96

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	23	30	3	3	0-0	4-0	5-0	1.30	0.13	0.45	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	29	9	29	2	0-0	0-2	0-7	0.31	1.00	0.50	0.31

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