Barker Reaches 2023 MCT Challenge Semifinals

SKIP
Penny
Barker

Third
Christie
Gamble

Second
Jenna
Enge

Lead
Danielle
Sicinski

Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) run at the 2023 MCT Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN).

Barker finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barker defeated Zhuo Han (HARBIN, CHN) 2-0, then won 7-3 against Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB). Barker went on to lose 5-4 against Sasaki in their final qualifying round match.

Barker earned 7.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Challenge, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 107.750 total points. Barker ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	18	16	0	0.529	2-3	4-4	0-3	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	249	193	171	7.75	6.87	0.88	4.70	4.66	1.65	1.47	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	120	113	61	8	3-0	10-4	15-9	0.94	0.51	0.25	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	129	80	110	8	2-0	4-7	17-24	0.62	0.85	0.57	0.38

Saskatoon's Mike McEwen (photo: Anil Mungal, GSOC) won 8-3 over Sweden's Niklas Edin in Friday's B-Qualifiers.

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