CHAMPION: Kovaleva Wins 2020 Russian Curling Cup

St. Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	9
Record:	9W - 0L
PF/G:	11.48
PA/G:	3.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Alina Kovaleva (St. Petersburg, RUS) won 7-2 over Anna Sidorova (Sochi, RUS) in the Final of the Russian Curling Cup, held October 1 - 6, 2020 in Dmitrov, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won 11-4 over Vlada Rumiantseva (Dmitrov, RUS) in the semifinals

Kovaleva finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Anna Samoilik (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) 10-0, then won 10-1 against Sofia Orazalina (Moscow, RUS) and 12-5 against Aleksandra Stoyarosova (Novosibirsk, RUS). Kovaleva won 4-2 against Olga Kotelnikova (Dmitrov, RUS), then won 5-4 against Elizaveta Trukhina (Irkutsk, RUS) and 6-3 against Ksenia Novikova (Moscow, RUS). Kovaleva won 5-2 against Maria Ermeichuk (St. Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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