Pierce2-3 at 2021 Vesta Energy Red Deer Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Kelly
Erickson

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.32
PA/G:	9.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.40
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce lost 8-5 to Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK), then responded with a 7-6 win over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Pierce won 8-7 against Janais DeJong (Grande Prairie, AB). Pierce went on to lose 7-3 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). Pierce lost 8-1 to Amber Holland (Kronau, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 4.939 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 24.682 total points. Pierce ranks 90th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.913 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	12	22	0	0.353	3-5	0-8	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	264	165	217	6.25	8.22	-1.97	3.83	5.19	1.63	1.58	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	144	132	81	11	4-3	7-5	22-9	0.92	0.56	0.25	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	120	33	136	15	1-4	3-8	3-22	0.28	1.13	0.60	0.18

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