Howard3-3 at Colonial Square Ladies Classic

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Ashley
Howard

Third
Kourtney
Fesser

Second
Krista
Fesser

Lead
Kaylin
Skinner

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	5.45
PA/G:	6.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Ashley Howard (Saskatoon, SK) finished 3-3 in the 24 team Colonial Square Ladies Classic qualifying round, held September 27 - 30 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. In their opening game, Howard defeated Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then went on to lose 7-2 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Howard responded with a 5-3 win over Kristen Streifel (Swift Current , SK). Howard won 5-3 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB). Howard went on to lose 7-2 against Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK). Howard lost 5-4 to Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Howard earned 7.912 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 66th place overall with 59.511 total points. Howard ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.648 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	3	0	0.500	2-1	1-2	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	44	24	30	5.45	6.82	-1.36	3.86	4.55	1.41	1.50	1.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	22	18	10	3	1-0	0-1	3-1	0.82	0.45	0.21	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	22	6	20	4	0-0	0-1	1-5	0.27	0.91	0.54	0.23

2019: Rachel Homan
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2018: Darcy Robertson
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Winnipeg, MB
2017: Shannon Birchard
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Winnipeg, MB
2016: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Ying Yang
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2015: Krista McCarville
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2014: Eve Muirhead
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2013: Jennifer Jones
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2012: Stefanie Lawton
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2011: Crystal Webster
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2010: Stefanie Lawton
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2006: Jennifer Jones
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2005: Stefanie Lawton
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Saskatoon, SK
2004: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Andrea Lawes, Sheri Greenman
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