Rocque Runner-Up at 2020 Alberta Scotties

SKIP
Kelsey
Rocque

Third
Danielle
Schmiemann

Second
Becca
Hebert

Lead
Jesse
Marlow

Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-4 to Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Scotties, held January 22 - 26, 2020 in Okotoks, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Rocque won 8-1 over Krysta Hilker (St. Albert, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 Alberta Scotties in Okotoks, Alberta;

Rocque finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rocque defeated Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) 7-5, then won 5-3 against Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) and 8-4 against Hilker. Rocque went on to lose 8-4 against Walker. Rocque responded with a 9-2 win over Jodi Vaughan (Lethbridge, AB). Rocque won 6-5 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB), then won 7-6 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Scotties, Rocque take home 12.375 world rankings points. Rocque move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 8.102 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 213.096 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rocque ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 198.056 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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