Kovaleva Reaches 2019 Booster Juice Shoot-Out Semifinals

Saint-Petersburg , Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ejkaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.69
PA/G:	4.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) run at the 2019 Booster Juice Shoot-Out came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). of the 2019 Booster Juice Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Kovaleva advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). of the 2019 Booster Juice Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kovaleva finished 5-0 in the 28 team Booster Juice Shoot-Out qualifying round, held September 12 - 15, 2019 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Brett Barber (Biggar, SK) 7-4, then won 6-3 against Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) and 5-0 against Teryn Hamilton (Calgary, AB). Kovaleva won 8-5 against Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB), then won 5-2 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 32.504 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Booster Juice Shoot-Out, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 191.433 total points. Kovaleva ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.082 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	1	0	0.857	1-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	52	40	24	7.69	4.62	3.08	5.00	3.46	1.54	1.33	1.54

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	28	30	4	7	0-0	3-0	7-0	1.07	0.14	0.48	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	24	10	20	1	0-0	0-2	1-2	0.42	0.83	0.71	0.38

2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB
2017: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray, Kelly Schafer
Perth , SCO
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2014: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
Edmonton, AB
2013: Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2012: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Kirsten Wall, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2010: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
Edmonton, AB
2009: Cathy King
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Edmonton, AB
2008: Mirjam Ott
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Davos, SUI
2007: Bingyu Wang
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Harbin, CHN
2006: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Nikki Smith, Twyla Bruce, Tina McDonald
Grande Prairie, AB

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