Dailene Sivertson

Dailene Sivertson (born August 16, 1990, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays lead for Amber Holland in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[1]

Career

Juniors

Sivertson made her national curling debut at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, skipping her team out of the Victoria Curling Club. They would finish round robin with an 8-4 record, which was enough to secure a spot in the semi-final. They would lose to Manitoba’s Calleen Neufeld.^[2]

Sivertson would win her second B.C Junior Championship in 2010. At the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships the team would once again finish with an 8-4 record, which was enough to secure a spot in a tie breaker. Sivertson’s team would win two tie breakers and the semi-final. They would meet Ontario’s Rachel Homan in the final, where they would lose 5-9.^[3]

Sivertson’s third and final B.C Junior Championship was won in 2011. Her team would represent B.C at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, how ever they would miss the playoffs, finishing with a 7-4 record. The event would be won by Saskatchewan’s Trish Paulsen. Sivertson would accompany Paulsen and her team as their 5th player for the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. The team would make it to the final, but lose to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead.^[4]

2011-present

At the end of the 2010/2011 curling season, Sivertson would receive an invitation to join the Kelly Scott team, to replace Jeanna Schraeder, who was leaving the team to give birth to her third child. Sivertson would relocate to Kelowna from Victoria.^[5] Together the team would defeat Marla Mallett at the 2012 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, earning the right to represent the province at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team would find difficulties with illness and lineup changes, but also found success at the event. They would finish round robin with an 8-3 record, which was enough to secure a second place finish, and earned a spot in the 1-2 game against Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones. The team would defeat Jones in the 1-2 game 7-5 advancing to the final. But Would lose the final in a close game to Alberta's Heather Nedohin 7-6.

After a successful season curling with Team Scott, Sivertson made a decision to return to Saskatchewan, and for the 2012/2013 season has joined Amber Holland playing lead for her new squad. The team also includes Holland's longtime alternate Jolene Campbell at third and Brooklyn Lemon at second.^[1]

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