Pierce2-3 at Kamloops Crown of Curling

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Sarah
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Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.32
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 10 team Kamloops Crown of Curling qualifying round, held October 25 - 27 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. In their opening game, Pierce defeated Lindsay Hudyma (Vancouver, BC) 5-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). Pierce lost 3-1 to Siyu Han (Changchun, CHN) where Pierce responded with a 10-3 win over Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC). Pierce went on to lose 8-3 against Diane Gushulak (Vancouver , BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 2.220 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 4 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 34.258 total points. Pierce ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.284 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	2	3	0	0.400	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	38	24	23	6.32	6.05	0.26	3.68	3.95	1.71	1.53	2.37

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	17	16	7	4	1-0	0-1	4-1	0.94	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	21	8	16	5	0-0	1-0	1-5	0.38	0.76	0.55	0.24

2019: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk
Kamloops, BC
2018: Sarah Wark
Sarah Wark, Kristen Pilote, Carley Sandwith, Michelle Dunn
Chilliwack, BC
2017: Dailene Pewarchuk
Dailene Pewarchuk, Rachelle Kallechy, Adina Tasaka, Patty Wallingham
Victoria, BC
2016: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Hye Rin Kim, Tae I Yang, Sujin Kim, Jihyeon Kim
gyeongido, KOR
2015: Un-Chi Gim
Un-Chi Gim, Seul-Bee Lee, Min-Ji Um, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ji-Sun Kim
gyeonggido, KOR
2014: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama
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2013: Allison Pottinger
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2012: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yin Liu, Qingshuang Yue, Yan Zhou
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2011: Michele Jaeggi
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2010: Allison MacInnes
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2009: Colleen Hannah
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2007: Kelly Scott
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2006: Pat Sanders
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2005: Toni Wells
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Maple Ridge, BC
2004: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Yumie Hiyashi, Ayumi Ogasawara, Sakurako Terada
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