Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost
8-4 to
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Westjet Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won
6-5 over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2017 Westjet Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
4-3 over
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Westjet Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Sweeting finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated
Eve Muirhead (Perth, SCO) 6-5, then won
7-1 against
Hasselborg and
7-4 against
Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB). Sweeting went on to lose
6-2 against
Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, NONT). Sweeting lost
8-2 to
Jones in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Westjet Players' Championship, Sweeting take home
58.628 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN prize, remaining in 4th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 46.664 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sweeting ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
325.544 points earned so far this season.
