Ackerman Reaches 2023 Saville U25 Challenge Semifinals

SKIP
Skylar
Ackerman

Third
Ashley
Thevenot

Second
Taylor
Stremick

Lead
Kaylin
Mattern

Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) run at the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Myla Plett (Sherwood Park, AB). of the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Ackerman advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR). of the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Ackerman finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ackerman defeated Makayla Cook (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-3 against Plett. Ackerman responded with a 10-5 win over Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Ackerman earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saville U25 Challenge, remaining in 40th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -3.609 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ackerman ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	18	0	0.690	8-5	4-4	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	446	383	315	8.59	7.06	1.52	4.98	4.37	1.73	1.62	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	227	276	83	16	10-0	21-4	49-13	1.22	0.37	0.38	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	219	107	232	13	5-7	5-17	9-42	0.49	1.06	0.50	0.33

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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