Pierce2-2 at 2023 Alberta Curling Series

SKIP
Melissa
Pierce

Third
Jennifer
Van Wieren

Second
Megan
Anderson

Lead
Meghan
Chateauvert

Melissa Pierce (Edmonton , AB) finished 2-2 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Minjae Jung (Uiseong, KOR) 7-6, then went on to lose 8-2 against Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN). Pierce lost 6-3 to Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) where Pierce responded with a 8-6 win over Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Pierce earned 1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 117th place overall with 17.056 total points. Pierce ranks 145th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	14	0	0.263	1-4	0-1	1-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	154	99	129	6.43	8.38	-1.95	4.09	4.87	1.57	1.72	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	81	60	46	10	1-0	2-2	14-10	0.74	0.57	0.24	0.40

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	73	39	83	6	1-4	2-6	7-12	0.53	1.14	0.49	0.33

2023: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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