Smith4-7 at 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Heather
Smith

Third
Jill
Brothers

Second
Blisse
Joyce

Lead
Teri
Udle

Games:	11
Record:	4W - 7L
PF/G:	6.96
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Heather Smith (Halifax, NS) finished 4-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 8-5 to Heather Strong (St. John's, NL), then responded with a 12-2 win over Andrea Kelly (Oromocto, NB). Smith went on to lose 5-4 against Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB). Smith lost 7-3 to Chelsea Carey (Winnipeg, MB). Smith lost 9-8 to Kesa Van Osch (Victoria, BC) where Smith responded with a 10-5 win over Allison Ross (Montreal, QC). Smith went on to lose 10-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, CAN). Smith responded with a 7-3 win over Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, Y/NWT). Smith went on to lose 8-6 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Smith lost 7-5 to Kim Dolan (Charlottetown, PEI) where Smith responded with a 7-6 win over Alli Flaxey (Listowel, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 8.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with 32.754 total points. Smith ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.850 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	40	16	0	0.714	19-6	15-8	9-3	1-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	466	351	252	7.53	5.41	2.12	4.49	3.76	1.68	1.44	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	223	231	62	39	5-1	15-3	45-9	1.04	0.28	0.35	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	243	120	190	43	7-3	8-9	13-32	0.49	0.78	0.66	0.28

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