Kovaleva Runner-Up at 2019 The Good Times Bonspiel

Saint-Petersburg , Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	7.24
PA/G:	4.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) lost 5-2 to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the The Good Times Bonspiel, held September 20 - 22, 2019 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kovaleva won 5-4 over Jodi Vaughan (Calgary, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 The Good Times Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Kovaleva finished 2-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Norma Douglass (Brooks, AB) 9-3, then won 5-2 against Teryn Berlando (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the The Good Times Bonspiel, Kovaleva take home 13.947 world rankings points along with the $600CDN prize. For week 9 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 23rd to 25th place overall on the World Ranking Standings 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

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

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