Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) won
5-4 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Zurich, SUI) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 3 - 8, 2017 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Scheidegger won
7-3 over
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
6-5 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;
Scheidegger finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Scheidegger lost
5-4 to
Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a
10-4 win over
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Scheidegger went on to lose
7-6 against
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Scheidegger responded with a
7-4 win over
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). Scheidegger won
9-4 against
Rocque in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Scheidegger earned
80.994 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with
343.901 total points. Scheidegger ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
256.642 points earned so far this season.
