CHAMPION: Marks Wins Saville U25 Challenge

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Abby
Marks

Third
Elysa
Crough

Second
Kim
Bonneau

Lead
Julianna
Mackenzie

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	7.66
PA/G:	5.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.04

Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB) won 7-5 over Myla Plett (Sherwood Park, AB) in the Final of the Saville U25 Challenge, held October 20 - 22 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Marks won 6-2 over Minseo Kim (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the semifinals of the Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-6 over Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Marks finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marks defeated Minjae Jung (Uiseong-Eup, KOR) 5-4, then went on to lose 8-6 against Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR). Marks responded with a 5-2 win over Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville U25 Challenge Championship title, Marks earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque. Marks move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 7.739 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 79.372 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Marks ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	28	0	0.594	5-2	7-5	2-4	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	518	416	326	8.03	6.29	1.74	4.77	3.96	1.68	1.59	1.27

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	244	301	64	28	12-3	17-2	57-5	1.23	0.26	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	274	115	262	38	1-3	7-16	21-62	0.42	0.96	0.49	0.28

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