Flaxey Reaches 2018 Meridian Canadian Open Quarters

Caledon, Ontario

SKIP
Alli
Flaxey

Third
Clancy
Grandy

Second
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Lead
Morgan
Lavell

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	8.13
PA/G:	5.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON) qualified for the 2018 Meridian Canadian Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB).

Flaxey finished 3-0 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 16 - 21, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Flaxey defeated Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) 7-3, then won 5-4 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) and 9-4 against Englot in their final qualifying round match.

Flaxey earned 35.764 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Meridian Canadian Open. Flaxey move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 33.973 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 445.094 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Flaxey ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.037 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	1	0	0.750	2-1	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	32	26	17	8.13	5.31	2.81	5.63	3.75	1.44	1.42	0.63

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	16	18	2	2	0-0	1-0	4-0	1.13	0.13	0.36	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	16	8	15	0	0-0	1-1	0-3	0.50	0.94	0.60	0.38

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2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
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2017: Casey Scheidegger
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