Duncan Runner-Up at 2023 Ontario Scotties

SKIP
Hollie
Duncan

Third
Megan
Balsdon

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON) lost 9-2 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Scotties, held January 23 - 29, 2023 in Port Elgin, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Duncan won 8-7 over Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Ontario Scotties in Port Elgin, Ontario;

Duncan finished 4-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Duncan defeated Katelyn Wasylkiw (Whitby, ON) 8-5, then won 9-5 against Chelsea Brandwood (Listowel, ON) and 10-4 against Carly Howard (Mississauga, ON). Duncan won 9-2 against Hailey Armstrong (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Duncan went on to lose 9-8 against Isabelle Ladouceur (Dundas, ON). Duncan lost 8-7 to Homan. Duncan lost 11-9 to Inglis in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ontario Scotties, Duncan take home 22.000 world rankings points, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 41st place overall with 90.633 total points. Duncan ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	14	18	0	0.438	9-4	3-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	248	184	200	7.42	8.06	-0.65	4.48	4.76	1.66	1.69	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	137	150	63	14	3-2	15-4	25-12	1.09	0.46	0.35	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	111	34	137	5	1-3	0-9	6-27	0.31	1.23	0.52	0.23

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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