Rocque Runner-Up at 2018 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kelsey
Rocque

Third
Danielle
Schmiemann

Second
Becca
Hebert

Lead
Jesse
Marlow

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.20
PA/G:	6.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-3 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held September 27 - 30, 2018 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Rocque won 5-3 over Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi -do, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2018 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won 8-2 over Karla Thompson (Kamloops/Vancouver, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Rocque finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rocque defeated Lindsay Hudyma (Vancouver, BC) 7-2, then won 7-3 against Shaina McGiverin (Vernon, BC) and 6-4 against Kovaleva. Rocque won 8-4 against Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN). Rocque went on to lose 9-2 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, Rocque take home 29.244 world rankings points along with the $6,900CDN prize, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 138.258 total points. Rocque ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.936 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: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Samantha Fisher , Jim Cotter
Kamloops, BC
2019: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Danielle Schmiemann, Becca Hebert, Jesse Marlow
Edmonton, AB
2018: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg, RUS
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Marla Mallett
Marla Mallett, Shannon Joanisse, Brette Richards, Blaine DeJager
Walnut Grove, BC
2015: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Trish Paulsen, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2013: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yin Liu, Qingshuang Yue, Yan Zhou
Harbin, CHN
2012: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Beth Iskiw, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
Edmonton, AB
2011: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Matson
Calgary, AB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Karuizawa, JPN
2008: Shannon Kleibrink
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Calgary, AB
2007: Heather Rankin
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Calgary, AB
2006: Kelley Law
Kelley Law, Georgina Wheatcroft, Shannon Joanisse, Darah Blandford
New Westminster, BC
2005: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

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