Black

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Christina
Black

Third
Jenn
Baxter

Second
Karlee
Everist

Lead
Shelley
Barker

Games:	12
Record:	7W - 5L
PF/G:	7.02
PA/G:	6.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Christina Black (Halifax, NS) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Black finished 5-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) 12-7, then went on to lose 6-5 against Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB). Black responded with a 10-4 win over Suzanne Birt (Summerside, PEI). Black won 8-2 against Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC). Black went on to lose 9-4 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, CAN). Black responded with a 9-5 win over Brigitte MacPhail (Iqaluit, NU). Black went on to lose 7-4 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Black responded with a 7-6 win over Laurie St-Georges (Laval-sur-la-Lac, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Black earned 40.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Black move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 31 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 175.065 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Black ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 158.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	41	12	0	0.774	9-2	5-4	3-1	0-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	400	386	221	9.65	5.53	4.13	5.25	3.83	1.84	1.44	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	187	258	51	14	5-0	26-4	51-9	1.38	0.27	0.47	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	213	128	170	23	9-0	6-6	15-39	0.60	0.80	0.62	0.33

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