Jennifer Baxter (curler)

Jennifer Baxter
Curler
Born April 4, 1987
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Team
Curling club Mayflower CC, Halifax, NS
Skip Mary-Anne Arsenault
Third Christina Black
Second Jane Snyder
Lead Jennifer Baxter
Alternate Carole MacLean
Career
Hearts appearances 2 (2013, 2015)
Top CCA ranking 60th (2009-10)
Grand Slam victories 0

Jennifer "Jen" Baxter (born April 4, 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead for Mary-Anne Arsenault out of the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax.[1]

Career

Juniors

During Baxter's junior eligibility years, she would only make one appearance at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. This appearance took place at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where Baxter, playing lead for Marie Christianson, represented Nova Scotia. Her team failed to make the playoffs, finishing round robin with a 6-6 record.[2]

2009-current

Baxter would team up with and play second for Mary-Anne Arsenault at the start of the 2009/2010 curling season. The team entered the 2010 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they quickly found success. They would finish round robin in first place with a 5-2, and received a bye to the final. There they faced Nancy McConnery, where their success came to an end, losing the championship game 4-5.[3]

The team would return to the provincials in 2011, where for a second year in a row, they would finish with a 5-2 record. This was enough to secure second place. They would meet Heather Smith-Dacey in the semi-final, but would lose 3-8.[4]

In 2012, Baxter would change positions and move to lead, when Arsenault brought former teammate Kim Kelly into the lineup at second. The team entered the 2012 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished round robin with a 4-3 record. This was enough to take the team into a tiebreaker. They would face Colleen Pinkney in the tiebreaker game, but would not find success, losing and missing out on the playoffs.[5]

For the 2012-13 curling season, the Arsenault team made another lineup change. Another former teammate of Arsenault, Colleen Jones was added to the lineup at third. Baxter continued to play lead.[6] Adding the veteran Jones to the rink proved to be successful, as the team finally won the provincial championship, when they defeated the Jocelyn Nix rink in the final of the 2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team represented Nova Scotia at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished with a 5-6 record.

The following season, Jones left the rink, and was replaced by Kelly at third and Christie Gamble joined the rink at second. The team made the playoffs at the 2014 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after finishing the round robin with a 5-2 record. However they could not repeat their provincial championship, losing in the semi-final to the Kelly MacIntosh rink. After the season, Kelly and Gamble would be replaced with Christina Black and Jane Snyder.

References

  1. ↑ "World Curling Tour Profile". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "2010 NS Women's Provincial-Scotties Tournament of Hearts". LiveCurling.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "2011 NS Women's Provincial-Scotties Tournament of Hearts". LiveCurling.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts". LiveCurling.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Colleen Jones's rink reunites for shot at Sochi Olympics". CBC Sports. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

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