Barbezat/De Cruz Runner-Up at 2020 SWISSCURLING Mixed Doubles Championship

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	10.83
PA/G:	6.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.34
Force Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Efficiency:	0.56

Melanie Barbezat/Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) lost 7-5 to Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in the Final of the SWISSCURLING Mixed Doubles Championship, held February 26 - March 1, 2020 in Aarau, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Barbezat/De Cruz won 7-6 over Briar Huerlimann/Yannick Schwaller (Solothun, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2020 SWISSCURLING Mixed Doubles Championship in Aarau, Switzerland; and won 8-3 over Michele Jaeggi/Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 SWISSCURLING Mixed Doubles Championship in Aarau, Switzerland;

Barbezat/De Cruz finished 5-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barbezat/De Cruz defeated Carole Howald/Jan Hess (Burgdorf, SUI) 9-5, then went on to lose 7-3 against Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Aarau, SUI). Barbezat/De Cruz lost 7-6 to Lea Huppi/Jonas Weiss (Kusnacht, SUI) where Barbezat/De Cruz responded with a 12-3 win over Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI). Barbezat/De Cruz won 10-3 against Lara Stocker/Nicola Stoll (St. Gallen, SUI), then won 7-5 against Lisa Gisler/Romano Meier (Baden, SUI) and 11-3 against Laura Engler/Marco Hefti (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SWISSCURLING Mixed Doubles Championship, Barbezat/De Cruz take home 35.149 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Barbezat/De Cruz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Barbezat/De Cruz ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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