Pierce Reaches 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair Quarters

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Kelly
Erickson

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Unchi Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR). of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Pierce finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce lost 7-5 to Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 6-5 win over Cathy Borys (Edmonton, AB). Pierce won 7-4 against Elysa Crough (Edmonton , AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 8.974 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair, moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 86th place overall with 19.743 total points. Pierce ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.974 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: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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