CHAMPION: Wood Wins CCAA / Curling Canada College Championships

SKIP
Gabby
Wood

Third
Payton
Sonnenberg

Second
Brenna
Bilassy

Lead
Rachel
Jost

Gabby Wood (Edmonton, AB) won 8-5 over Kayleigh Shannon (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the CCAA / Curling Canada College Championships, held March 12 - 16 in Sudbury, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Wood won 7-4 over Meaghan Mallett (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the CCAA / Curling Canada College Championships in Sudbury, Ontario;

Wood finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wood defeated Mallett 8-7, then went on to lose 7-5 against Sasha Wilson (Victoria, BC). Wood responded with a 9-2 win over Kristen Carlson (Assiniboine, MB). Wood won 9-1 against Josie Zimmerman (Edmonton, AB), then won 17-1 against Ava Andrews (Hamilton, ON). Wood went on to lose 7-6 against Veronica Van Broekhoven (London, ON). Wood responded with a 8-6 win over Shannon in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CCAA / Curling Canada College Championships Championship title, Wood earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 236 spots the World Ranking Standings into 193rd place overall with 3.750 total points. Wood ranks 188th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	5	0	0.583	3-2	2-0	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	99	81	69	8.18	6.97	1.21	4.85	4.04	1.69	1.73	1.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	45	53	18	3	2-0	1-2	11-3	1.18	0.40	0.33	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	54	28	51	8	2-1	0-6	3-7	0.52	0.94	0.52	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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