Pierce2-5 at 2022 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Kelly
Erickson

Games:	7
Record:	2W - 5L
PF/G:	5.57
PA/G:	7.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.42
Force Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-5 in the 8 team Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties qualifying round, held January 3 - 9, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) 7-4, then went on to lose 7-3 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB). Pierce lost 7-4 to Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Pierce lost 7-5 to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Pierce lost 8-1 to Adele Kezama-Purcell (St Albert, AB). Pierce lost 8-5 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB) where Pierce responded with a 9-4 win over Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 2.852 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Pierce move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of -2.533 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 87th overall with 32.190 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Pierce ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.806 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	2	5	0	0.286	2-2	0-3	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	61	34	45	5.57	7.38	-1.80	3.77	5.25	1.48	1.41	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	36	28	23	4	0-0	4-2	3-4	0.78	0.64	0.22	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	25	6	22	2	0-0	0-1	0-3	0.24	0.88	0.76	0.24

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