Smart4-3 at Alberta Scotties Northerns

SKIP
Ocean
Pletz

Third
Robyn
Gerrard

Second
Sharla
Warawa

Lead
Rhiannon
Beatty

Ocean Smart (Lacombe, AB) finished 4-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smart defeated Jacquie Sandnes (Whitecourt, AB) 8-4, then won 7-4 against Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) and 7-5 against Holly Scott (Edmonton, AB). Smart went on to lose 7-2 against Holly Baird (Edmonton, AB). Smart responded with a 7-3 win over Lindsay Makichuk (Edmonton, AB). Smart went on to lose 9-8 against Karynn Flory (Edmonton, AB). Smart lost 7-2 to Kaufman in their final qualifying round match.

Smart earned 1.658 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 101 spots the World Ranking Standings into 239th place overall with 1.658 total points. Smart ranks 189th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.658 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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