Walter Runner-Up at 2023 Manitoba Scotties

SKIP
Meghan
Walter

Third
Abby
Ackland

Second
Sara
Oliver

Lead
Mackenzie
Elias

Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB) lost 10-5 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Scotties, held January 25 - 29, 2023 in East St. Paul, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Walter won 8-5 over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Manitoba Scotties in East St. Paul, Manitoba;

Walter finished 5-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walter defeated Alyssa Calvert (Carberry, MB) 10-4, then won 10-3 against Grace Beaudry (Winnipeg, MB). Walter went on to lose 9-8 against Lisa McLeod (Portage La Prarie, MB). Walter responded with a 9-3 win over Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB). Walter went on to lose 10-7 against Jones. Walter lost 12-7 to Lawes where Walter responded with a 9-1 win over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg , MB). Walter won 9-5 against Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Scotties, Walter take home 19.250 world rankings points, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walter ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 160.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	43	31	0	0.581	9-3	3-12	0-4	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	552	466	393	8.44	7.12	1.32	4.82	4.42	1.75	1.61	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	264	336	90	20	13-2	20-4	71-11	1.27	0.34	0.43	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	288	130	303	22	4-8	7-17	18-62	0.45	1.05	0.52	0.30

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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