Pierce2-5 at 2022 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Kelly
Erickson

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) 7-4, then went on to lose 7-3 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB). Pierce lost 7-4 to Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Pierce lost 7-5 to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Pierce lost 8-1 to Adele Kezama-Purcell (St Albert, AB). Pierce lost 8-5 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB) where Pierce responded with a 9-4 win over Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 2.852 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Pierce move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of -2.533 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 87th overall with 32.190 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Pierce ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.806 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	12	22	0	0.353	3-5	0-8	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	264	165	217	6.25	8.22	-1.97	3.83	5.19	1.63	1.58	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	144	132	81	11	4-3	7-5	22-9	0.92	0.56	0.25	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	120	33	136	15	1-4	3-8	3-22	0.28	1.13	0.60	0.18

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