CHAMPION: Walker Wins 2020 Alberta Scotties

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	9
Record:	9W - 0L
PF/G:	9.38
PA/G:	4.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) won 7-4 over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Scotties, held January 22 - 26, 2020 in Okotoks, Alberta.

Walker finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker defeated Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) 12-10, then won 9-2 against Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) and 7-4 against Jodi Vaughan (Lethbridge, AB). Walker won 8-4 against Rocque, then won 9-3 against Krysta Hilker (St. Albert, AB) and 9-5 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Walker won 7-6 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Scotties Championship title, Walker earned 16.875 world rankings points. Walker move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 9.547 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 181.725 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 170.044 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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