Kovaleva Reaches 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup Quarters

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ejkaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	9.53
PA/G:	7.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) qualified for the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-6 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;

Kovaleva finished 2-2 in the 15 team Humpty's Champions Cup qualifying round, held April 23 - 28, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Kovaleva lost 6-5 to Einarson, then responded with a 7-4 win over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Kovaleva won 12-1 against Vlada Rumyanceva (Moscow, RUS). Kovaleva went on to lose 6-2 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 30.458 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Humpty's Champions Cup. Kovaleva move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 10.439 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 242.989 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kovaleva ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 242.989 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	3	0	0.500	2-2	1-1	0-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	43	41	31	9.53	7.21	2.33	4.42	4.42	2.16	1.63	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	22	34	9	3	3-0	3-1	2-2	1.55	0.41	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	21	7	22	2	0-0	0-3	2-2	0.33	1.05	0.64	0.24

2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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