Ashley Sippala

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Ashley Sippala
Curler
Ashley Sippala April 2022.jpg
Sippala at the 2022 Players' Championship
Born
Ashley Miharija

(1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 (age 37)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club Fort William CC,
Thunder Bay, ON
Skip Krista McCarville
Third Andrea Kelly
Second Kendra Lilly
Lead Ashley Sippala
Alternate Sarah Potts
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationNorthern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario
Hearts appearances8 (2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Top CTRS ranking 8th (2021–22)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Grande Prairie
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Thunder Bay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kamloops
Representing Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Sault Ste. Marie
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Saskatoon

Ashley Sippala (born Ashley Miharija, January 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler. Sippala currently plays front-end on the Krista McCarville rink.

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Career

Sippala's first major curling event was when she played third for Mike Assad's Northern Ontario team at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The team finished 6–5. [1]

Sippala skipped Team Northern Ontario at the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her rink of Jessica Williams, Jenna Enge and Sarah Lang finished with an 8–4 record, before losing in a tie-breaker match to Saskatchewan. [2]

The following season, Sippala qualified for her first women's provincial championship. She skipped her Port Arthur Curling Club rink to a 4–5 record at the 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [3] She was invited by Krista McCarville to be the team's alternate at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [4]

The following season, she fully joined the McCarville rink, first playing as the team's second. The team won the 2010 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, [5] and the team went on to win a bronze medal at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing the semi-final to Prince Edward Island. [6]

The next season, Sippala was promoted to the team's third. [7] She was moved to second in 2015 when Kendra Lilly was added to the team. The team won a silver medal at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [8] They also played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, finishing 4–4. [9]

Team McCarville won the 2020 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts which qualified them for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. [10] They lost the 3 vs. 4 game to Ontario's Rachel Homan. [11]

The 2021 Northern Ontario provincial playdowns were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. As the 2020 provincial champions, Sippala, with McCarville's team, was given an automatic invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary. However, the team declined the invitation, citing family and work priorities. [12]

Team McCarville had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. [13] There, they went 5–1 through the round robin, qualifying for the playoffs. The team had two impressive come-from-behind wins in their two playoff games. In their first game against the Mackenzie Zacharias rink, they were down 7–3 heading into the tenth end, but scored four points, then stole a point in the extra end to win the match. In their second game against Jacqueline Harrison, the team gave up five points in the second end to trail 5–1, but rallied back to win the game 9–6. [14] With the win, they qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, held November 20 to 28 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [15] At the Trials, the team went through the round robin with a 4–4 record. [16] This earned them a spot in the second tiebreaker where they defeated Kerri Einarson 4–3. [17] In the semifinal, they lost 8–3 to Jennifer Jones, eliminating them from contention. The 2022 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team McCarville were selected to represent their province at the national women's championship. [18] At the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team went 5–3 through the round robin, enough to qualify for the playoffs. [19] The team then won both of their seeding round games and defeated New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game to qualify for the final where they faced the Einarson rink. There, they could not keep their momentum going, losing the Scotties final 9–6. [20] They wrapped up their season at the 2022 Players' Championship where they missed the playoffs.

Personal life

Sippala is employed as a lab technician for the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. She is married to Brian Sippala and has two children. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Mixed Curling Championship: 2008 Mixed" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. January 17, 2008. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. ↑ "Ontario Scotties — Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. September 24, 2010. pp. 2, 41. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Alberta wins 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings — Women: Standings/Draw: Round Robin". Curling Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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  12. ↑ Heroux, Devin (December 17, 2020). "'Family first': Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville declines invite to Scotties bubble". CBC Sports. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  13. ↑ "2021 Trials proceess revised". Curling Canada. February 4, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  14. ↑ Devin Heroux (October 30, 2021). "Krista McCarville punches ticket to Olympic curling trials in Saskatoon". CBC Sports. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  15. ↑ Ryan Horne (November 12, 2021). "Tim Hortons Curling Trials Profile: Team McCarville". TSN. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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