Stiksma Reaches 2024 Ladies Alberta Open Quarters

SKIP
Kellie
Stiksma

Third
Nicole
Mattson

Second
Joanne
Tarvit

Lead
Payton
Sonnenberg

Kellie Stiksma (Sherwood Park, AB) qualified for the 2024 Ladies Alberta Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB).

Stiksma finished 5-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stiksma lost 5-3 to Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN), then responded with a 6-3 win over Elliott Martens (Edmonton, AB). Stiksma went on to lose 10-6 against Hana Synackova (Prague, CZE). Stiksma responded with a 7-6 win over Hannah Phillips (Edmonton, AB). Stiksma won 10-7 against Nancy Hansen (Lacombe, AB), then won 8-7 against Synackova and 8-2 against Kaylee McNamee (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Stiksma earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Ladies Alberta Open. For week 15 of the event schedule, Stiksma did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Stiksma ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Brittany Tran, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Ashton Skrlik
Calgary, AB
2022: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Brittany Tran, Ashton Skrlik
Calgary, AB
2021: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Ye ji Seol, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Yubin Park, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR

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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