Bear Reaches 2017 USA Junior Womens National Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Madison
Bear

Third
Cora
Farrell

Second
Cait
Flannery

Lead
Lexi
Lanigan

Madison Bear (Blaine, MN) run at the 2017 USA Junior Womens National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-1 loss to Annmarie Dubberstein (Blaine, MN). of the 2017 USA Junior Womens National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota; Bear advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over Melissa Runing (Mankato, MN). of the 2017 USA Junior Womens National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota;

Bear finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear lost 6-5 to Elizabeth Cousins (Medfield, MA), then responded with a 8-4 win over Beth Podoll (Fargo-Moorhead, ND). Bear won 9-1 against Emily Quello (Bemidji, MN), then won 8-3 against Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) and 6-1 against Runing. Bear won 10-2 against Susan Dudt (Philadephia, PA). Bear went on to lose 6-3 against Dubberstein in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior Womens National Championship, Bear take home 9.405 world rankings points. For week 23 of the event schedule, Bear did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bear 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

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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