Skrlik Runner-Up at SGI Canada Best of the West

Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) lost 6-2 to Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the SGI Canada Best of the West, held April 4 - 7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Skrlik won 7-3 over Emily Cherwinski (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Skrlik finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skrlik defeated Sherry Just (Saskatoon, SK) 9-2, then went on to lose 6-3 against Emily Bowles (Victoria, BC). Skrlik responded with a 10-4 win over Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC). Skrlik won 6-5 against Rachel Kaatz (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-0 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SGI Canada Best of the West, Skrlik take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. Skrlik move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 9.625 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 125.313 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Skrlik ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.313 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	23	0	0.641	6-4	7-5	4-4	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	462	397	315	8.59	6.82	1.77	4.70	4.44	1.83	1.54	0.87

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	229	284	95	17	13-0	19-4	56-21	1.24	0.41	0.42	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	233	113	220	23	2-6	7-17	21-29	0.49	0.94	0.63	0.30

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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