Wapola2-2 at 2018 Dakota Challenger Spiel

SKIP
Kimberly
Wapola

Third
Lea Ann
Tarnowski

Second
Kelli
Ellingson

Lead
Margeaux
Ackerman

Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wapola lost 8-4 to Kim Rhyme (St. Paul, MN), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND) where Wapola responded with a 9-7 win over Pam Mueller (Lakeville, MN). Wapola won 7-2 against Darcy Ellarby (Lakeville, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Wapola earned 0.990 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 94 spots the World Ranking Standings into 257th place overall with 0.990 total points. Wapola ranks 240th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.990 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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