Stern5-1 at 2020 Schweizer Cup

Oberwallis, Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.18
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) 8-7, then went on to lose 8-7 against Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI). Stern responded with a 7-2 win over Sarah Mueller (Biel, SUI). Stern won 4-3 against Celine Schwizgebel (Thun, SUI), then won 5-4 against Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI) and 7-3 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Schweizer Cup Championship title, Stern earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $7,225CDN first prize cheque. Stern gained 333.591 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 6 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 6thplace overall with 333.591 total points. Stern ranks 140th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

2020: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2019: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI

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