Balsdon3-5 at Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Lynn
Kreviazuk

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Bobbie

Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) finished 3-5 in the 9 team Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualifying round, held January 27 - February 1 in , . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Jacqueline Harrison (Dundas, ON) 7-6, then went on to lose 9-2 against Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON). Balsdon responded with a 7-6 win over Hollie Duncan (Toronto , ON). Balsdon went on to lose 7-6 against Danielle Inglis (Mississauga, ON). Balsdon lost 7-5 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon lost 11-10 to Susan Froud (Stroud, ON). Balsdon lost 8-6 to Julie Hastings (Stouffville, ON) where Balsdon responded with a 10-3 win over Chelsea Brandwood (Listowel, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 3.105 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Balsdon gained -12.355 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 33rdplace overall with 117.873 total points. Balsdon ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.873 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	3	5	0	0.375	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	75	53	57	7.07	7.60	-0.53	4.00	4.93	1.77	1.54	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	36	38	19	2	1-0	3-0	8-6	1.06	0.53	0.35	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	39	15	38	6	0-1	1-2	4-7	0.38	0.97	0.58	0.23

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