Kovaleva Reaches 2021 Boost National Quarters

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Julia
Portunova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) qualified for the 2021 Boost National playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). of the 2021 Boost National in Chestermere, Alberta;

Kovaleva finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Unchi Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) 6-2, then went on to lose 8-1 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). Kovaleva lost 9-1 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB) where Kovaleva responded with a 6-3 win over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kovaleva won 8-6 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 35.331 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Boost National. Kovaleva move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 29.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 235.151 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kovaleva ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 116.322 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

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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