McManus Reaches 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Quarters

Fourth
Sara
McManus

Third
Agnes
Knochenhauer

Second
Johanna
Heldin

Lead
Sofia
Mabergs

Sara McManus (Sundbyberg, SWE) qualified for the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

McManus finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McManus lost 11-0 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) where McManus responded with a 10-8 win over Homan. McManus won 6-4 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-3 against Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

McManus earned 27.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. McManus ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 247.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	56	36	0	0.609	20-8	3-10	6-7	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	721	547	468	7.59	6.49	1.10	4.56	4.09	1.66	1.59	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	369	423	102	55	7-3	36-5	84-11	1.15	0.28	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	352	124	366	42	2-7	9-20	12-79	0.35	1.04	0.53	0.24

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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