CHAMPION: Ackerman Wins Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties

SKIP
Skylar
Ackerman

Third
Ashley
Thevenot

Second
Taylor
Stremick

Lead
Kaylin
Skinner

Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) won 10-9 over Nancy Martin (Martensville, SK) in the Final of the Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties, held January 17 - 21 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

Ackerman finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ackerman defeated Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) 7-4, then won 7-4 against Mandy Selzer (Balgonie, SK) and 9-5 against Jana Tisdale (Regina, SK). Ackerman went on to lose 10-5 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). Ackerman responded with a 14-6 win over Jessica Mitchell (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Championship title, Ackerman earned 22.500 world rankings points. Ackerman move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 20.625 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 129.282 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ackerman ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 105.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	18	0	0.690	8-5	4-4	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	446	383	315	8.59	7.06	1.52	4.98	4.37	1.73	1.62	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	227	276	83	16	10-0	21-4	49-13	1.22	0.37	0.38	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	219	107	232	13	5-7	5-17	9-42	0.49	1.06	0.50	0.33

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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