Keiser Reaches 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle Semifinals

Fourth
Selina
Witschonke

Third
Elena
Mathis

SKIP
Raphaela
Keiser

Lead
Marina
Loertscher

Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) run at the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-6 loss to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB).

Keiser finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Keiser defeated Pam Appelman (Edmonton, AB) 7-2, then won 8-4 against Skrlik and 5-4 against Tiffany Steuber (Edmonton, AB). Keiser won 9-3 against Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Keiser earned 12.038 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle. For week 13 of the event schedule, Keiser did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 40th place on the World Ranking Standings with 64.825 total points. Keiser ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.593 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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