Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) won
7-3 over
Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held September 27 - 30, 2018 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won
9-1 over
Diane Gushulak (New Westminster, BC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won
4-3 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;
Kovaleva finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva lost
7-2 to
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC), then responded with a
10-3 win over
Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN). Kovaleva went on to lose
6-4 against
Rocque. Kovaleva responded with a
7-4 win over
Lindsay Hudyma (Vancouver, BC). Kovaleva won
8-2 against
Sarah Daniels (Delta, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Championship title, Kovaleva earned
39.878 world rankings points along with the $8,800CDN first prize cheque, moving up 15 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with
122.675 total points. Kovaleva ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
69.244 points earned so far this season.
