Backman Reaches 2015 Nova Scotia Scotties Semifinals

SKIP
Kelly
Backman

Third
Kristen
MacDiarmid

Second
Jennifer
Crouse

Lead
Karlee
Everist

Kelly Backman (Dartmouth, NS) run at the 2015 Nova Scotia Scotties came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS). of the 2015 Nova Scotia Scotties in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Backman finished 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Backman lost 7-1 to Nancy McConnery (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 6-5 win over Sarah Murphy (Halifax, NS). Backman won 8-2 against Marg Cutcliffe (Halifax, NS). Backman went on to lose 8-3 against Danielle Parsons (Halifax, NS). Backman lost 7-6 to Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS) where Backman responded with a 9-7 win over Jocelyn Nix (Lower Sackville, NS). Backman won 8-7 against Arsenault in their final qualifying round match.

Backman earned 2.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nova Scotia Scotties, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 10.375 total points. Backman ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.875 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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