Despins5-2 at Saskatchewan Viterra Scotties

SKIP
Alyssa
Kostyk

Third
Kristin
Ochitwa

Second
Jenna
Hope

Lead
Alyssa
Johns

Alyssa Despins (Saskatoon, SK) finished 5-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Despins defeated Rae Ann Williamson (Regina, SK) 9-5, then went on to lose 10-5 against Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK). Despins responded with a 7-6 win over Williamson. Despins won 9-4 against Jolene Campbell (Regina, SK). Despins went on to lose 8-3 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Despins responded with a 8-1 win over Darlene Gillies (Kindersley, SK). Despins won 10-2 against Lorraine Arguin (Moose Jaw, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Despins earned 9.297 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saskatchewan Viterra Scotties - Last Chance, moving up 44 spots the World Ranking Standings into 156th place overall with 13.846 total points. Despins ranks 134th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.610 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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