Balsdon Runner-Up at 2015 Listowel Libro Women's Classic

Ontario

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Jessica
Corrado

Second
Stephanie
Corrado

Lead
Laura
Hickey

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.00
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Megan Balsdon (Ontario) lost 5-3 to Julie Tippin (Ontario) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Balsdon won 5-4 over Cathy Auld (Ontario) in the semifinals of the 2015 Listowel Libro Women's Classic in Listowel, Ontario, Canada;

Balsdon finished 2-1 in the 12 team Listowel Libro Women's Classic qualifying round, held November 27 - 29, 2015 at the Listowel Curling Club in Listowel, Canada. In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Caitlin Romain (Ontario) 6-3, then went on to lose 6-3 against Julie Hastings (Ontario). Balsdon responded with a 7-6 win over Kerry Lackie (Ontario) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Listowel Libro Women's Classic, Balsdon take home 14.451 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 62.616 total points. Balsdon ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.996 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	2	0	0.600	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	40	24	24	6.00	6.00	0.00	4.75	3.50	1.26	1.71	1.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	18	17	2	4	0-0	0-0	4-1	0.94	0.11	0.29	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	22	7	22	3	0-0	0-3	1-3	0.32	1.00	0.54	0.27

2018: Jestyn Murphy
Jestyn Murphy, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Grace Holyoke
Mississauga, ON
2017: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Lori Eddy, Katie Cottrill, Jenna Bonner, Karen Rowsell
Toronto, ON
2016: Danielle Inglis
Danielle Inglis, Stephanie Van Huyse, Cassandra de Groot, Kiri Campbell
, ON
2015: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Bobbie, Kaitlyn Knipe
, ON
2005: Patti Lank
Patti Lank, Erika Brown
Lewiston, NY

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