CHAMPION: Ackerman Wins 2023 Moose Jaw SaskTour Spiel

SKIP
Skylar
Ackerman

Third
Ashley
Thevenot

Second
Taylor
Stremick

Lead
Kaylin
Mattern

Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) won 5-3 over Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Moose Jaw SaskTour Spiel, held November 3 - 5, 2023 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ackerman won 7-2 over Jolene Campbell (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Moose Jaw SaskTour Spiel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-7 over Ava Beausoleil (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Moose Jaw SaskTour Spiel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Ackerman finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ackerman defeated Amelie Blais (Saskatoon, SK) 11-5, then won 8-1 against Cindy Ricci (Regina, SK) and 5-3 against Beausoleil. Ackerman won 8-4 against Jessica Mitchell (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Moose Jaw SaskTour Spiel Championship title, Ackerman earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque. Ackerman move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 14.062 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 38th overall with 93.235 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ackerman ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.688 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

2024: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Lindsay Bertsch, Taryn Schachtel, Danielle Sicinski
Moose Jaw, SK
2023: Skylar Ackerman
Skylar Ackerman, Ashley Thevenot, Taylor Stremick, Kaylin Mattern , Patrick Ackerman
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Christie Gamble, Jenna Enge, Danielle Sicinski
Moose Jaw, SK
2021: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Christie Gamble, Jenna Enge, Danielle Sicinski , Mark Lang
Moose Jaw, SK
2019: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Deanna Doig, Christie Gamble, Danielle Sicinski
Moose Jaw, SK
2018: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Patty Hersikorn, Brenda Goertzen, Anita Silvernagle
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Deanna Doig, Lorraine Schneider, Danielle Sicinski
Moose Jaw, SK
2016: Penny Barker
Penny Barker, Deanna Doig, Lorraine Schneider, Danielle Sicinski
Moose Jaw, SK
2015: Mandy Selzer
Mandy Selzer, Erin Barnhart, Kristen Sauter, Megan Selzer
Balgonie, SK
2014: Jessica Lang
Jessica Lang, Kourtney Fesser, Krista Fesser, Brie Spilchen
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Lana Vey
Lana Vey, Alexandra Meyer, Natalie Bloomfield, Ashley Williamson
Regina, SK
2012: Ros Stewart
Ros Stewart, Patty Hersikorn, Brandee Borne, Andrea Rudulier
, SK
2011: Lorraine Arguin
Lorraine Arguin, Marilyn Tighe, Shelley Urquhart, Donda-Lee Deis
Moose Jaw, SK
2010: Cindy Ricci
Cindy Ricci, Jolene Campbell, Natalie Bloomfield, Kristy Johnson
, SK

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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