Kovaleva Reaches 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup Quarters

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Julia
Portunova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RCF) qualified for the 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). of the 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta;

Kovaleva finished 2-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 9-5, then went on to lose 8-7 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Kovaleva responded with a 9-7 win over Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI). Kovaleva went on to lose 5-2 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Humpty's Champions Cup. For week 35 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 12th place on the World Ranking Standings with 237.657 total points. Kovaleva ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Joanne Courtney, Laura Walker, Randy Ferbey
Ottawa, ON
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat , Peter Gallant
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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