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Lauren Lenentine
Curler
Lenentine at the 2022 Players' Championship
Born (2000-06-24) June 24, 2000 (age 24)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Team
Curling clubAltona CC,
Altona, MB[1]
SkipChelsea Carey
ThirdKarlee Burgess
SecondEmily Zacharias
LeadLauren Lenentine
Curling career
Member Association Prince Edward Island (2013–2018)
 Nova Scotia (2018–2019)
 Manitoba (2019–present)
Hearts appearances4 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Top CTRS ranking2nd (2023–24)
Grand Slam victories1 (2023 Tour Challenge)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aberdeen
Gold medal – first place 2020 Krasnoyarsk
Representing  Manitoba
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kamloops
Silver medal – second place 2024 Calgary

Lauren Lenentine (born June 24, 2000) is a Canadian curler originally from Cornwall, Prince Edward Island and currently from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] She currently plays lead on Team Chelsea Carey.

Career

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Lenentine curled out of her home province of Prince Edward Island for most of her junior career before moving to Nova Scotia for the 2018–19 season to join the Kaitlyn Jones rink, replacing Kristin Clarke who aged out of juniors and had joined Mary-Anne Arsenault's rink. The team was invited to play in the 2018 Masters Grand Slam of Curling event as the sponsors exemption. Despite this, they finished the round robin with a 3–1 record, beating Rachel Homan, Kerri Einarson and Silvana Tirinzoni with their only loss coming to Tracy Fleury. They couldn't continue their momentum into the playoffs however, falling to Chelsea Carey in the quarterfinals. They lost the semifinal of the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships to BC's Sarah Daniels. The following season, she and teammate Karlee Burgess moved to Manitoba to join the Zacharias siblings Mackenzie and Emily to try to return to the World Juniors.[3] When the team won the Manitoba Junior Provincials, it made Lenentine the first female junior curler to represent three provinces at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team went on to win the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and later the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, many provinces had to cancel their provincial championships, with member associations selecting their representatives for the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Due to this situation, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.[4] Because Team Zacharias ranked 11th on the CTRS[5] and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020–21 season, they got the second Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary, Alberta.[6] At the Hearts, they finished with a 3–5 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round.[7]

Team Zacharias won their second event of the 2021–22 season, going undefeated to capture the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic.[8] They later had a semifinal finish at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard after losing to eventual winners Team Hollie Duncan. Because of their successes on tour, Team Zacharias had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.[9] At the Pre-Trials, the team finished the round robin with a 4–2 record.[10] This qualified them for the double knockout round, where they lost both of their games and were eliminated.[11] Elsewhere on tour, the team reached the quarterfinals of the Red Deer Curling Classic and won the MCT Championships in November 2021.[12] At the 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts in December 2021, Team Zacharias finished with a 3–2 record in their pool, enough to advance to the championship pool. They then won three straight games to finish first overall and earn a bye to the provincial final.[13] In the final, they faced the Kristy Watling rink which they defeated 7–5, earning the right to represent Manitoba at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[14] At the Hearts, the team finished the round robin with a 5–3 record.[15] This qualified them for a tiebreaker against the Northwest Territories' Kerry Galusha, which they lost 8–6 and were eliminated.[16] Team Zacharias played in their first Grand Slam event at the 2022 Players' Championship. There, they posted a 2–3 record, missing the playoffs. They wrapped up their season at the 2022 Best of the West event where they lost in the semifinals to Corryn Brown.

On March 17, 2022, Team Zacharias announced that they would be joining forces with Jennifer Jones for the 2022–23 season. Jones would take over the team as skip, with the four Zacharias members each moving down one position in the lineup.[17] The newly revised Jones lineup found immediate success on tour, winning the 2022 Saville Shoot-Out after an undefeated run.[18] The team then competed in the 2022 PointsBet Invitational single elimination event where they won all four of their games to claim the title.[19] They had three semifinal finishes in a row at the 2022 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and the DeKalb Superspiel, losing to Michèle Jäggi, Christina Black and Nancy Martin respectively. At the 2023 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Jones went undefeated to win their first provincial title as a new squad.[20] This qualified the team for the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where after an opening draw loss, they went on a ten game winning streak to qualify for the final where they faced the three-time defending champions in Team Kerri Einarson. Tied 2–2 in the fifth, Jones pulled up light on her final draw which gave Team Canada a steal of two. In the ninth, Jones missed a pivotal freeze which left Einarson with an open hit to count five to secure the win.[21] In Grand Slam play, Team Jones reached the playoffs in four of six events but never made it past the quarterfinal round. Following the season, Mackenzie Zacharias announced she would be stepping back from competitive curling with the remaining Jones members remaining intact.[22]

Team Jones had a strong start to the 2023–24 season, finishing second at the 2023 Saville Shootout after losing to Heather Nedohin (skipping Team Homan) in the final.[23] Jones did not play with the team for the event, however, being replaced by Chelsea Carey. At the 2023 PointsBet Invitational, they could not defend their title, losing in the quarterfinal round to Christina Black.[24] In October, the team played in the first Slam of the season, the 2023 Tour Challenge, where they qualified for the playoffs with a 2–2 record. They then upset the higher seeded Silvana Tirinzoni and Anna Hasselborg rinks in the quarters and semis to reach their first Slam final as a team.[25] Facing Kaitlyn Lawes, the team won the game 7–4, giving Lenentine her first career Slam.[26] In their next event, Carey substituted for Jones again and led the team to another second-place finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, losing to Tirinzoni in the final.[27] At the next three Slams, the team had two semifinal finishes and one quarterfinal appearance.

New qualifying rules for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts allowed Team Jones a pre-qualifying spot at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts without having to play in the 2024 playdowns.[28] Days before the event began, Jones announced that at the conclusion of the season she would be retiring from four person curling.[29] At the Hearts, Jones led the team to a 6–2 round robin record, followed by a championship round victory over Alberta. After dropping the 1 vs. 2 game to Rachel Homan, they defeated Kate Cameron in the semifinal to advance to their second straight Scotties final. After Jones got two in the tenth to tie the game at four all, Homan counted one in an extra end for the 5–4 victory.[30] In their final event, Team Jones went 1–4 at the 2024 Players' Championship.[31] After the season, it was announced Chelsea Carey would take over the team as their full-time skip for the 2024–25 season.[32]

Personal life

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Lenentine attended the University of Manitoba where she took psychology.[33] She currently works as a program assistant for Sport Manitoba.[2]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead
2013–14[34] Lauren Lenentine Kristie Rogers Breanne Burgoyne Rachel O'Connor
2014–15 Lauren Lenentine Kristie Rogers Breanne Burgoyne Rachel O'Connor
2015–16 Lauren Lenentine Kristie Rogers Breanne Burgoyne Rachel O'Connor
2016–17 Lauren Lenentine Kristie Rogers Breanne Burgoyne Rachel O'Connor
2017–18 Lauren Lenentine Kristie Rogers Breanne Burgoyne Rachel O'Connor
2018–19 Kaitlyn Jones Lauren Lenentine Karlee Burgess Lindsey Burgess
2019–20 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2020–21 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2021–22 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2022–23 Jennifer Jones Karlee Burgess Mackenzie Zacharias Emily Zacharias / Lauren Lenentine
2023–24 Jennifer Jones Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2024–25 Chelsea Carey Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine

References

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  1. ^ "Lauren Lenentine Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 16, 2021. Cite error: The named reference "Media Guide" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "PEI's Lauren Lenentine to play on Manitoba junior team next season". Curl PEI. 21 February 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Three wild-card teams added to Scotties, Brier". TSN. January 13, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "2019–20 CTRS Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Wild Card teams set!". Curling Canada. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule". Sportsnet. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Weagle/Epping clinch!". Curling Canada. September 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  9. ^ "2021 Trials proceess revised". Curling Canada. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Still in the chase!". Curling Canada. October 29, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "Qualified!". Curling Canada. October 30, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Zacharias and Wiebe win Manitoba tour titles". thecurler. November 28, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  13. ^ Clayton Dreger (December 18, 2021). "Team Zacharias Advances to Provincial Scotties Final". PembinaValley. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  14. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 19, 2021). "Mackenzie Zacharias to represent Manitoba at Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Sportsnet. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  15. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results". Sportsnet. January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "Playoff quest realized!". Curling Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "Jennifer Jones announces the new curling team she will join". CTV News Winnipeg. March 17, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  18. ^ "Jones edges Homan to capture Saville Shoot-Out, first win with new team". TSN. September 11, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  19. ^ "Jennifer Jones, Reid Carruthers win PointsBet curling titles". CBC Sports. September 25, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  20. ^ "Jennifer Jones returns to Canadian women's curling championship in Manitoba colours". CTV News Winnipeg. January 30, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  21. ^ "Team Einarson use five-ender to crush Manitoba's Jones, win fourth straight Scotties". TSN. February 27, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  22. ^ "M. Zacharias taking "step back" from Team Jones next season". TSN. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  23. ^ Ryan Horne (September 11, 2023). "Around Curling: With fill-in skips, Homan defeats Jones to win Saville Shootout". TSN. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  24. ^ "Bracket-Bustin' Black!". Curling Canada. September 29, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  25. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 21, 2023). "Lawes, Jones to meet in HearingLife Tour Challenge women's final". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  26. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 22, 2023). "Jones tops Lawes to claim HearingLife Tour Challenge women's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  27. ^ "World No. 1 Tirinzoni keeps rolling with win in Halifax". TSN. November 5, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  28. ^ "Early Scotties qualifiers!". Curling Canada. July 4, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  29. ^ Donna Spencer (February 13, 2024). "Canadian curling great Jennifer Jones announces retirement from team curling". CBC Sports. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  30. ^ "Homan beats Jones for 4th Scotties title as retiring legend falls short of history". CBC. February 25, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  31. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 12, 2024). "Jennifer Jones bids farewell following final GSOC game in Princess Auto Players' Championship". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  32. ^ "Carey replaces Jones as skip for the 2024 Scotties finalists". TSN. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  33. ^ "2023 PointsBet Invitational Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  34. ^ "Lauren Lenentine Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
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