McDonald Runner-Up at 2021 MCT Championships

SKIP
Kristy
McDonald

Third
Lisa
Blixhavn

Second
Leslie
Wilson-Westcott

Lead
Raunora
Westcott

Kristy McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) lost 9-0 to Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 8-5 over Kim Link (East St. Paul, MB) in the semifinals of the 2021 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

McDonald finished 2-1 in the 8 team MCT Championships qualifying round, held November 26 - 28, 2021 at the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, McDonald lost 7-5 to Kaitlyn Jones (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 8-5 win over Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB). McDonald won 8-5 against Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Championships, McDonald take home 18.068 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 52.267 total points. McDonald ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.776 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	3	2	0	0.600	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	32	29	31	9.06	9.69	-0.63	4.69	4.38	1.93	2.21	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	17	27	14	0	2-2	2-0	4-2	1.59	0.82	0.47	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	15	2	17	3	0-0	0-1	0-5	0.13	1.13	0.40	0.13

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