Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) lost
8-5 to
Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Boundary Ford Curling Classic, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Liu won
8-4 over
Jie Mei (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Boundary Ford Curling Classic in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Boundary Ford Curling Classic in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;
Liu finished 4-2 in the 23-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost
8-4 to
Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR), then responded with a
10-3 win over
's Karynn Flory. Liu went on to lose
8-7 against
Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Liu responded with a
7-1 win over
Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB). Liu won
9-3 against
's Irene Schori, then won
8-4 against
Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Boundary Ford Curling Classic, Liu take home
25.749 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN prize. Liu move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 23.755 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with
112.416 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Liu ranks 22nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
100.705 points earned so far this season.
