Jones Runner-Up at 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jennifer
Jones

Third
Mackenzie
Zacharias

Second
Karlee
Burgess

Lead
Emily
Zacharias

Games:	12
Record:	10W - 2L
PF/G:	8.51
PA/G:	6.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) lost 10-4 to Kerri Einarson (Gimli, CAN) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 17 - 26, 2023 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Jones finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones lost 11-8 to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT), then responded with a 12-5 win over Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB). Jones won 7-4 against Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL), then won 6-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) and 10-8 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). Jones won 10-5 against Hailey Birnie (Whitehorse, YK), then won 7-6 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) and 8-5 against Andrea Kelly (Fredericton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Jones take home 55.000 world rankings points, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 28.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jones ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 261.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	68	36	0	0.654	27-3	8-13	5-5	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	785	716	534	9.12	6.80	2.32	5.12	4.29	1.78	1.58	0.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	377	492	115	21	16-1	33-6	100-16	1.31	0.31	0.42	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	408	224	419	25	10-7	14-23	32-97	0.55	1.03	0.50	0.32

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