Kovaleva2-4 at 2018 Curling World Cup Omaha

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Uliana
Vasilyeva

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	7.56
PA/G:	7.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.09

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) finished 2-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva lost 7-5 to Tracy Fleury (Winnipeg, CAN), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Kovaleva lost 6-2 to Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR). Kovaleva lost 7-6 to Fleury where Kovaleva responded with a 9-4 win over Sinclair. Kovaleva won 7-4 against Kim in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 5.652 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 16th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 211.007 total points. Kovaleva ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 184.292 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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