Reese-Hansen Runner-Up at 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West

SKIP
Taylor
Reese-Hansen

Third
Megan
McGillivray

Second
Kim
Bonneau

Lead
Julianna
Mackenzie

Taylor Reese-Hansen (Victoria, BC) lost 6-5 to Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the SGI Canada Best of the West, held April 24 - 27, 2025 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Reese-Hansen won 10-4 over Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Reese-Hansen finished 5-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Reese-Hansen defeated Stasia Wisniewski-Starkell (Regina, SK) 7-6, then won 6-4 against Lane Prokopowich (Winnipeg, MB) and 10-2 against Keelie Duncan (Calgary, AB). Reese-Hansen won 5-4 against Gray-Withers, then won 9-4 against Hailey McFarlane (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SGI Canada Best of the West, Reese-Hansen take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. Reese-Hansen move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 8.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 38th overall with 80.813 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Reese-Hansen ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 80.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	34	13	0	0.723	8-2	3-2	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	342	317	209	9.27	6.11	3.16	5.15	4.12	1.80	1.48	0.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	171	219	53	15	9-0	14-3	45-9	1.28	0.31	0.44	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	171	98	156	10	3-0	7-12	16-29	0.57	0.91	0.60	0.34

2025: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Lindsey Burgess, Zoe Cinnamon , Rob Krepps
Edmonton, AB
2024: Abby Marks
Abby Marks, Elysa Crough, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie , Mark Johnson
Edmonton, AB
2023: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Rachel Big Eagle, Samantha Fisher , Jim Cotter
Kamloops, BC
2022: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Rachel Big Eagle, Samantha Fisher
Kamloops, BC

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