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

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rink.

Career

Sippala's first major curling event was when she played third for

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team at the

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. The team finished 6–5. Sippala skipped Team Northern Ontario at the

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. Her rink of Jessica Williams,

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and

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finished with an 8–4 record, before losing in a tie-breaker match to Saskatchewan. 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

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. She was invited by

to be the team's alternate at the

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. The following season, she fully joined the McCarville rink, first playing as the team's second. The team won the

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, and the team went on to win a bronze medal at the

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, losing the semi-final to Prince Edward Island. The next season, Sippala was promoted to the team's third. She was moved to second in 2015 when

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was added to the team. The team won a silver medal at the

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. They also played in the

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, finishing 4–4. Team McCarville won the

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which qualified them for the

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. They lost the 3 vs. 4 game to Ontario's

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. The 2021 Northern Ontario provincial playdowns were cancelled due to the

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. As the 2020 provincial champions, Sippala, with McCarville's team, was given an automatic invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the

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in Calgary. However, the team declined the invitation, citing family and work priorities. Team McCarville had enough points to qualify for the

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. 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

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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

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, the team gave up five points in the second end to trail 5–1, but rallied back to win the game 9–6. With the win, they qualified for the

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, held November 20 to 28 in

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. At the Trials, the team went through the round robin with a 4–4 record. This earned them a spot in the second tiebreaker where they defeated

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4–3. In the semifinal, they lost 8–3 to

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, eliminating them from contention. The 2022

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was cancelled due to the pandemic and Team McCarville were selected to represent their province at the national women's championship. At the

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, the team went 5–3 through the round robin, enough to qualify for the playoffs. The team then won both of their seeding round games and defeated New Brunswick's

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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. They wrapped up their season at the

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where they missed the playoffs.

Personal life

Sippala is employed as a lab technician for the

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. She is married to Brian Sippala and has two children.

References

External links

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CCA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sippala, Ashley 1987 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Northern Ontario Living people Curlers from Thunder Bay Canada Cup (curling) participants