Blades Reaches 2024 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Semifinals

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Cassidy
Blades

Third
Steffi
Atherton

Second
Annalise
MacNutt

Lead
Lily
Mitchell

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.29
PA/G:	8.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Cassidy Blades (Halifax, NS) run at the 2024 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Sarah Mallais (Moncton, NB). of the 2024 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; Blades advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Sylvie Quillian (Moncton, NB). of the 2024 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada;

Blades finished 2-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blades lost 8-3 to Allyson MacNutt (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 7-6 win over Abby Burgess (Oromocto, NB). Blades won 9-4 against 's Deborah Higgins in their final qualifying round match.

Blades earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic. For week 17 of the event schedule, Blades did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Blades ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	7	11	0	0.389	2-1	0-1	2-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	108	68	84	6.30	7.78	-1.48	4.07	5.09	1.55	1.53	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	61	53	25	5	1-0	4-0	9-2	0.87	0.41	0.25	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	47	15	59	4	0-3	0-3	4-12	0.32	1.26	0.44	0.23

2025: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Cayla Auld, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2024: Sarah Mallais
Sarah Mallais, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England, Heather MacPhee
Moncton, NB
2023: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2022: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Summerside, PEI
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2017: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister
Moncton, NB

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