CHAMPION: Carey Wins 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Chelsea
Carey

Third
Sarah
Wilkes

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	13
Record:	11W - 2L
PF/G:	8.45
PA/G:	6.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) won 8-6 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final

Carey finished 9-2 in the 16 team Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualifying round, held February 16 - 24, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Carey defeated Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) 7-6, then won 6-5 against Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) and 7-6 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). Carey won 9-8 against Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC), then won 10-5 against Jenine Bodner (Iqaluit, NU) and 6-3 against Homan. Carey won 12-3 against Gabrielle Lavoie (Quebec, QC). Carey went on to lose 10-8 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN). Carey lost 10-6 to Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) where Carey responded with a 10-3 win over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). Carey won 9-8 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Carey earned 75.668 world rankings points. Carey move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 71.264 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 307.215 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carey ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 307.215 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	11	2	0	0.846	9-1	1-1	4-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	129	109	80	8.45	6.20	2.25	5.12	3.80	1.65	1.63	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	65	78	11	9	2-0	4-0	17-2	1.20	0.17	0.41	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	64	31	69	5	1-1	1-4	7-18	0.48	1.08	0.43	0.30

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