CHAMPION: Kaufman Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #4

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Holly
Baird

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.37
PA/G:	5.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) won 6-5 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #4, held November 4 - 6, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kaufman won 7-5 over Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #4 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Kaufman finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman defeated Claire Booth (Sherwood Park, AB) 5-0, then won 5-4 against Adele Purcell (St Albert, AB). Kaufman went on to lose 7-4 against Kitazawa. Kaufman responded with a 9-1 win over Michelle Hartwell (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #4 Championship title, Kaufman earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Kaufman did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kaufman ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Jennifer Van Wieren, Megan Anderson, Holly Baird, Pam Appelman
Edmonton, AB
2021: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB

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