CHAMPION: Skrlik Wins 2023 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties

SKIP
Kayla
Skrlik

Third
Geri-Lynn
Ramsay

Second
Brittany
Tran

Lead
Ashton
Skrlik

Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) won 9-8 over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the Final Skrlik advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties, held January 18 - 22, 2023 at the Co-op Place in Wetaskawin, Canada.

Skrlik finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skrlik defeated Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 8-5 against Lisa Parent (Calgary, AB) and 10-2 against Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Skrlik won 9-3 against Scheidegger, then won 8-4 against Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB) and 11-4 against Jessie Hunkin (Edmonton, AB). Skrlik won 7-6 against Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties Championship title, Skrlik earned 26.250 world rankings points. Skrlik move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 21 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 126.001 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Skrlik ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 106.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	40	24	0	0.625	10-4	8-9	4-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	491	393	325	8.00	6.62	1.38	4.60	4.24	1.74	1.56	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	235	279	74	27	10-0	19-5	55-10	1.19	0.31	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	256	114	251	30	3-6	9-16	14-47	0.45	0.98	0.55	0.28

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