Marliese Kasner ( Miller; born January 8, 1982, in

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) is a

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curler from

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. She is a former member of her sister,

Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central r ...

's team.

Career

Kasner is a two-time Canadian Junior Champion, having won the title in

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playing third for her sister, and winning it in her own right as skip in 2003. At the 2000 World Junior Curling Championships, Kasner won a silver medal with her sister, and at the 2003 World Juniors, she won the gold medal for Canada, defeating

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of the United States in the final. After Juniors, Kasner joined back with her sister, playing as her third. In 2005, the Lawton rink won the Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts and would represent Saskatchewan at the

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for the first time. At the

the team finished 3rd with a 7–4 record and earned themselves a playoff spot. In the 3 vs. 4

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game they lost to Manitoba's

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. They would also compete at the

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. At the trials, the team finished round robin with a 6–3 record and earned a spot in the playoffs, but lost to

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's team in the semifinal. Team Lawton would lose back to back provincials to Betker in

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and Englot in

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. However, the team rebounded and won the 2008 Canada Cup of Curling defeating

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in the final. The team won their second provincial title when they defeated Rene Miettinen at the 2009 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team made the playoffs, but lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to

once again. Lawton's rink was one of four that received an automatic bye to the

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. The team finished 4-3 and earned a tiebreaker match where they lost to

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and out of the playoffs. In 2010 Kasner made the switch from third to lead when

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joined the team. They would go on and win the Canada Cup in 2010, defeating Olympic silver medalist

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and also in

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where they defeated Olympic Gold Medalist Kaityln Lawes (Team Jones). At the

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, Lawton's team finished the round robin with a disappointing 2–5 record, missing the playoffs. After losing the

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provincial championship, the team won their 3rd title at the 2014 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts after defeating

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. The team represented the province at the

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in Montreal, finishing 4th yet again, after losing the 3-4 Page Playoff game to

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and to

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in the bronze-medal game. Team Lawton will once again represent Saskatchewan for the fourth time at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in

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. Competing with Dustin Kalthoff in the 2016 World Curling Federation Mixed Doubles Championships, their 5th-place finish earned Canada the points needed to qualify for the event in the 2018 Olympics.

Personal life

Kasner is employed as a teacher with the

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. She is married and has three sons.2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasner, Marliese 1982 births Living people Canada Cup (curling) participants Canadian schoolteachers Canadian women curlers Sportspeople from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Curlers from Saskatoon