Jones Reaches 2020 USA Junior Women's National Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Samantha
Jones

Third
Abigail
Marquardt

Second
Elizabeth
Vorpahl

Lead
Anna
Armstrong

Samantha Jones (Endeavor, WI) run at the 2020 USA Junior Women's National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Delaney Strouse (Midland, MI).

Jones finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated DaKotah Crotty (Pardeeville, WI) 11-3, then won 11-8 against Anya Normandeau (Burnsville, MN) and 9-8 against Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK). Jones won 7-4 against Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, AK), then won 8-5 against Christine McMakin (Minneapolis, MN). Jones went on to lose 10-8 against Abbey Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND). Jones lost 9-8 to Strouse in their final qualifying round match.

Jones earned 7.268 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Junior Women's National Championship. For week 26 of the event schedule, Jones did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Jones ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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