Traxler5-4 at 2018 USA Junior Womens National Championship

SKIP
Ariel
Traxler

Third
Sidney
Schroeder

Second
Andie
McDonald

Lead
Anne
O'Hara

Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Traxler lost 10-4 to Abbey Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Cora Farrell (Blaine, MN). Traxler lost 8-3 to Madison Bear (Pardeeville, WI) where Traxler responded with a 10-3 win over Mackenzie Page (Mankato, MN). Traxler won 9-6 against Beth Podoll (Fargo, ND), then won 9-7 against Christine McMakin (St. Paul, MN) and 10-7 against Anya Normandeau (Burnsville, MN). Traxler won 9-8 against Sara Olson (Duluth, MN). Traxler went on to lose 6-5 against Maya Willertz (Midland, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

Traxler earned 1.667 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 26 of the event schedule, Traxler did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Traxler 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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