Finland's Saara Markkanen2-5 at Finnish Women's Championship

SKIP
Saara
Markkanen

Third
Sari
Vahakuopus

Second
Irma
Vaarala

Lead
Senja
Kymaluoma

Finland's Saara Markkanen finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Finland's Saara Markkanen lost 8-4 to Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Finland's Mari Wickstrom. Finland's Saara Markkanen lost 13-1 to Finland's Anne Malmi. Finland's Saara Markkanen lost 9-4 to Finland's Mira Lehtonen where Finland's Saara Markkanen responded with a 9-0 win over Finland's Kirsti Kauste. Finland's Saara Markkanen won 8-7 against Finland's Taru Oksanen. Finland's Saara Markkanen went on to lose 9-1 against Finland's Lare Norri in their final qualifying round match.

Finland's Saara Markkanen earned 0.713 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 58 spots the World Ranking Standings into 289th place overall with 0.713 total points. Finland's Saara Markkanen ranks 267th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.713 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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