Kovaleva Runner-Up at 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Uliana
Vasilyeva

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.92
PA/G:	4.34
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 8-6 to Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won 4-1 over Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament in Wetzikon, Switzerland; and won 5-4 over Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals.

Kovaleva finished 4-0 in the 15 team International ZO Womens Tournament qualifying round, held November 9 - 11, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) 4-3, then won 8-2 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) and 5-4 against Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI). Kovaleva won 10-1 against Raphaela Keiser (Flims, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the International ZO Womens Tournament, Kovaleva take home 20.019 world rankings points along with the $3,944CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 191.144 total points. Kovaleva ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 153.742 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	1	0	0.857	3-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	53	42	23	7.92	4.34	3.58	5.28	3.40	1.50	1.28	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	26	33	1	4	1-0	1-0	7-0	1.27	0.04	0.41	0.04

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	27	9	22	3	0-0	1-0	0-5	0.33	0.81	0.71	0.26

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