Sweeting Runner-Up at 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Lori
Olson-Johns

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-5 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 14 - 22, 2015 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Sweeting finished 9-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Tracy Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) 6-4, then won 6-5 against Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS) and 10-4 against Sylvie Robichaud (Moncton, NB). Sweeting won 7-2 against Heather Strong (St. John's, NL), then won 6-5 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) and 10-5 against Patti Knezevic (Prince George, BC). Sweeting won 8-6 against Lauren Mann (Montreal , QC), then won 8-5 against Julie Hastings (Thornhill, ON) and 7-6 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, CAN). Sweeting went on to lose 9-1 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Sweeting lost 10-5 to Jones in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Sweeting take home 35.000 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 29 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sweeting ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 175.740 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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