Balsdon4-0 at Ontario Scotties

SKIP
Megan
Balsdon

Third
Jessica
Corrado

Second
Stephanie
Corrado

Lead
Laura
Hickey

Megan Balsdon (Mississauga, ON) finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Courtney de Winter (Toronto, ON) 9-1, then won 6-5 against Hollie Nicol (Toronto, ON) and 6-5 against Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON). Balsdon won 6-5 against Julie Hastings (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ontario Scotties - Challenge Round Championship title, Balsdon earned 20.941 world rankings points. Balsdon move up 11 spots after posting a net gain of 20.493 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 52nd overall with 113.951 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Balsdon ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.260 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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