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 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 Alberta Scotties qualifying round, held January 22 - 26, 2020 in , . 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
2020	7	3	0	0.700	6-0	1-2	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	89	59	48	6.63	5.39	1.24	4.16	4.16	1.59	1.30	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	49	50	12	9	1-0	2-0	11-4	1.02	0.24	0.35	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	40	9	36	6	0-0	1-2	2-3	0.23	0.90	0.83	0.13

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