Lawes Runner-Up at 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Kaitlyn
Lawes

Third
Selena
Njegovan

Second
Jocelyn
Peterman

Lead
Kristin
MacCuish

Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) lost 7-4 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 17 - 21, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Lawes won 6-4 over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won 7-4 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the quarterfinals.

Lawes finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lawes lost 8-7 to Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Lawes responded with a 6-3 win over Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN). Lawes won 8-6 against Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Lawes earned 55.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1. Lawes move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 26.812 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 252.687 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Lawes ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 111.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	31	0	0.557	10-5	2-8	2-4	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	546	429	363	7.86	6.65	1.21	4.56	4.54	1.72	1.46	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	277	333	86	25	10-0	22-3	72-15	1.20	0.31	0.41	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	269	96	277	24	1-5	7-7	17-64	0.36	1.03	0.58	0.23

2024: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki
Gimli, MB
2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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