McManus Reaches 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Quarters

Sundbyberg, Sweden

Fourth
Sara
McManus

Third
Agnes
Knochenhauer

Second
Johanna
Heldin

Lead
Sofia
Mabergs

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.24
PA/G:	9.02
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.39
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Sara McManus (Sundbyberg, SWE) qualified for the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

McManus finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McManus lost 11-0 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) where McManus responded with a 10-8 win over Homan. McManus won 6-4 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-3 against Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

McManus earned 27.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. McManus ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 247.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	56	36	0	0.609	20-8	3-10	6-7	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	721	547	468	7.59	6.49	1.10	4.56	4.09	1.66	1.59	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	369	423	102	55	7-3	36-5	84-11	1.15	0.28	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	352	124	366	42	2-7	9-20	12-79	0.35	1.04	0.53	0.24

2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Joanne Courtney, Laura Walker, Randy Ferbey
Ottawa, ON
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat , Peter Gallant
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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