McCarville8-3 at 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Krista
McCarville

Third
Kendra
Lilly

Second
Jen
Gates

Lead
Sarah
Potts

Games:	12
Record:	8W - 4L
PF/G:	7.07
PA/G:	5.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) finished 8-3 in the 16 team Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualifying round, held February 16 - 24, 2019 in , . In their opening game, McCarville lost 6-4 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 8-2 win over Gabrielle Lavoie (Quebec, QC). McCarville went on to lose 7-6 against Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). McCarville responded with a 9-3 win over Jenine Bodner (Iqaluit, NU). McCarville won 8-7 against Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC), then won 9-5 against Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) and 7-5 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). McCarville went on to lose 11-5 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). McCarville responded with a 7-5 win over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). McCarville won 8-6 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN), then won 7-6 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) in their final qualifying round match.

McCarville earned 30.267 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 44th place overall with 104.675 total points. McCarville ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.675 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	8	4	0	0.667	2-1	5-3	1-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	116	82	69	7.07	5.95	1.12	4.91	4.05	1.44	1.47	1.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	44	54	9	1	1-0	0-0	15-2	1.23	0.20	0.37	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	72	28	60	11	0-0	1-5	5-10	0.39	0.83	0.63	0.29

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