In the end, Alina Pätz executed an open hit to win the match 7–6 and repeat for a third time as world women's curling champions. On April 25, the team announced that they would be splitting up at the end of the season, with front end Esther Neuenschwander and Melanie Barbezat stepping away from competitive curling. Team Tirinzoni ended their four year run together with the final two Slam events of the season, the 2022 Players' Championship and the 2022 Champions Cup, where they had quarterfinal and semifinal finishes respectively. On May 12, Tirinzoni and Pätz announced that they would be staying together and adding Carole Howald and Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann to their team for the 2022–23 season. Personal life Tirinzoni studied business administration at the University of Zurich and completed further training as a financial analyst and investment advisor. She worked for seven years as a project manager at a bank, and in 2019 she focused entirely on sports. Grand Slam record Former events Teams Notes References External links Team Tirinzoni's Home Page Swiss female curlers Living people 1979 births Swiss people of Italian descent Sportspeople from Zürich People from Baden District, Aargau Swiss curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Switzerland World curling champions Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics