Sweeting Runner-Up at 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Joanne
Courtney

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	14
Record:	10W - 4L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	6.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost 8-6 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, CAN) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 1 - 9, 2014 in Montreal, Quebec.

Sweeting finished 8-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, Y/NWT) 7-5, then won 8-6 against Kesa Van Osch (Victoria, BC). Sweeting went on to lose 8-6 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Sweeting responded with a 5-4 win over Heather Smith (Halifax, NS). Sweeting won 9-8 against Andrea Kelly (Oromocto, NB). Sweeting went on to lose 10-5 against Homan. Sweeting responded with a 8-5 win over Kim Dolan (Charlottetown, PEI). Sweeting won 9-5 against Heather Strong (St. John's, NL). Sweeting went on to lose 7-5 against Alli Flaxey (Listowel, ON). Sweeting responded with a 10-3 win over Allison Ross (Montreal, QC). Sweeting won 7-4 against Chelsea Carey (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Sweeting take home 35.000 world rankings points. Sweeting move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 30 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 210.745 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sweeting ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 143.840 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	54	29	0	0.651	23-11	22-10	10-7	5-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	695	508	416	7.31	5.99	1.32	4.59	4.14	1.59	1.44	1.27

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	328	377	80	37	6-0	17-4	93-13	1.15	0.24	0.40	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	367	131	336	51	1-4	8-13	25-67	0.36	0.92	0.63	0.24

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