Hopson Runner-Up at 2018 Oakville Fall Classic

SKIP
Erica
Hopson

Third
Breanna
Rozon

Second
Erin
Butler

Lead
Emma
Malfara

Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON) lost 5-1 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Oakville Fall Classic, held August 30 - September 2, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hopson won 9-6 over Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-3 over Jaimee Gardner (Burlington, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Hopson finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hopson lost 6-1 to Yoshimura, then responded with a 8-4 win over Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI). Hopson won 9-3 against Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON), then won 5-4 against Chrissy Cadorin (Thornhill, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Oakville Fall Classic, Hopson take home 22.710 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 44 spots the World Ranking Standings into 69th place overall with 40.667 total points. Hopson ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.710 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

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