CHAMPION: Gray-Withers Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #2

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Serena
Gray-Withers

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Brianna
Cullen

Lead
Zoe
Cinnamon

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.57
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #2, held September 30 - October 2, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won 6-4 over Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #2 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #2 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Gray-Withers finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers defeated Sherrer 7-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Calgary, AB). Gray-Withers lost 7-3 to Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB) where Gray-Withers responded with a 11-2 win over Dacey Brown (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series #2 Championship title, Gray-Withers earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. For week 9 of the event schedule, Gray-Withers did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 40th to 42nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 71.522 total points. Gray-Withers ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	36	33	0	0.522	4-3	4-8	1-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	523	423	373	8.09	7.13	0.96	4.65	4.59	1.74	1.55	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	259	276	108	18	8-0	11-6	67-16	1.07	0.42	0.36	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	264	147	265	22	6-6	13-17	18-53	0.56	1.00	0.53	0.31

2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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