Jacobs Reaches 2019 Tim Hortons Brier Semifinals

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Ryan
Fry

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) run at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba;

Jacobs finished 9-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated Bottcher 10-2, then won 8-2 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) and 7-3 against Martin Crete (Levis, QC). Jacobs won 10-4 against John Likely (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 7-5 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) and 9-5 against Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB). Jacobs won 10-5 against Jon Solberg (Whitehorse, YK), then won 11-5 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Jacobs went on to lose 7-6 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). Jacobs responded with a 7-6 win over Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Jacobs went on to lose 7-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Jacobs earned 42.515 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 30.252 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jacobs ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 405.981 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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