Pierce4-1 at Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Kelly
Erickson

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) finished 4-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Kellie Stiksma (Edmoton, AB) 14-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Adele Kezama (St Albert, AB). Pierce responded with a 9-4 win over Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB). Pierce won 7-6 against Michelle Hartwell (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-6 against Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties - Qualifier, Pierce take home 8.663 world rankings points, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 86th place overall with 33.345 total points. Pierce ranks 77th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.576 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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