Kovaleva Reaches 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Semifinals

Saint-Petersburg , Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.05
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) run at the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). of the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; Kovaleva advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). of the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Kovaleva finished 3-1 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Sarah Daniels (Delta, BC) 5-4, then went on to lose 5-2 against Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Kovaleva responded with a 8-4 win over Kim Slattery (Vernon, BC). Kovaleva won 8-2 against Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 22.452 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. Kovaleva move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 8.617 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with 200.050 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kovaleva ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.534 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

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