CHAMPION: Walker Wins 2022 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Kate
Cameron

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Nadine
Scotland

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	8.40
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) won 6-5 over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the Final of the Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties, held January 3 - 9, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Walker finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker defeated Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB) 7-6, then won 7-3 against Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) and 12-7 against Adele Kezama-Purcell (St Albert, AB). Walker went on to lose 8-7 against Scheidegger. Walker responded with a 9-4 win over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Walker won 7-3 against Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB), then won 8-4 against Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties Championship title, Walker earned 28.519 world rankings points. Walker move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -14.583 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 190.628 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 147.527 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	37	31	0	0.544	17-8	5-10	3-7	0-3	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	550	449	366	8.16	6.65	1.51	4.78	4.35	1.71	1.53	0.87

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	269	319	80	22	6-0	24-3	66-11	1.19	0.30	0.39	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	281	130	286	26	2-5	8-20	29-54	0.46	1.02	0.55	0.28

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