CHAMPION: Gray-Withers Wins 2023 USPORT Curling Canada University Championships

SKIP
Serena
Gray-Withers

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Brianna
Cullen

Lead
Zoe
Cinnamon

Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Marin Callaghan (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships, held March 15 - 19, 2023 in Sudbury, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won 7-6 over Mackenzie Mitchell (St.John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2023 USPORT Curling Canada University Championships in Sudbury, Ontario;

Gray-Withers finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers defeated Kayla Wilson (Victoria, BC) 8-6, then won 8-7 against Maddy Warriner (Hamilton, ON). Gray-Withers went on to lose 11-6 against Bella Croisier (Sudbury, ON). Gray-Withers lost 10-9 to Courtney Auld (Toronto, ON). Gray-Withers lost 9-5 to Callaghan where Gray-Withers responded with a 10-4 win over Rachel MacLean (Charlottetown, PEI). Gray-Withers won 10-3 against Mitchell in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships Championship title, Gray-Withers earned 11.250 world rankings points. Gray-Withers move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 9 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with 104.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gray-Withers ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 104.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	36	33	0	0.522	4-3	4-8	1-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	523	423	373	8.09	7.13	0.96	4.65	4.59	1.74	1.55	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	259	276	108	18	8-0	11-6	67-16	1.07	0.42	0.36	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	264	147	265	22	6-6	13-17	18-53	0.56	1.00	0.53	0.31

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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