Sasha Carter (born July 20, 1974 in

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) also known as Sasha Bergner, is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Juniors

Carter has been a long time team mate of Scott. She would represent Manitoba at the

1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 4-12 at the Caledonian Curling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan. For the women's event, prior to 1994, the winner of the Canadian Junior Curling Championships would go on to play in the ...

, where the team would finish round robin with a 7-4 record. They would play the defending champions,

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in the semi-final and would win, moving on to face Ontario's Kirsten Harmark (Wall) in the final. The team would end up defeating Ontario and winning the championship, going on to win the 1995

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2005–2009

Both Scott and Carter moved to British Columbia and remained team mates there. Together along with

Michelle Allen Michelle Allen (née Michelle Harding) is a Canadian curler. She was the alternate on the and Kelly Scott Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. ...

and

Renee Simons Renee Simons (born April 18, 1972 in Oliver, British Columbia as Renee Lemke) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna. She is the former lead of Team Kelly Scott and currently plays lead on Team Mary-Anne Arsenault. Career Playing lead for Kelly Sco ...

, the team would win the 2005 British Columbia Scott Tournament of Hearts. Carter and Scott would play in their first National Women's Championship. They would find success at the

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, when they finished round robin with a second place 8-3 record. They would lose to Manitoba's

in the 1-2 game, before losing the semi-final to Ontario's

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. The team would participate at the

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, where they would finish first place in round robin with a 7-2 record. They would face

Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink (born October 7, 1968 in Norquay, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented C ...

in the final, and leading 7-5 after nine ends, would give up three in the tenth, losing the olympic bid to Kleibrink. In 2006

Jeanna Schraeder Jeanna Lyn Schraeder (born September 21, 1976 in Kelowna, British Columbia as Jeanna Richard) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. Career Juniors Schraeder won her first junior provincial championship in 1991 playing lead fo ...

would return to the team, and they would win the 2006 British Columbia Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team would again find success at the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, where they finished round robin in first place with a 9-2 record. The team would defeat Nova Scotia's

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in the 1-2 and would get a bye to the final. The team would meet the defending champions,

, in the final where they would win 8-5 and the national championship. The team would just make the playoffs at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship. They would defeat Germany's

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in the 3-4 game, before losing the semi-final to the U.S and

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. As defending champions the team would return to the

2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17–25 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the ''Scotties'' brand name. The winner was the defending champions ...

, where for a second year in a row, would finish first place in round robin with a 10-1 record. They would lose the 1-2 game to Saskatchewan's

Jan Betker Janice "Jan" Betker (born July 19, 1960, in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1 ...

, but would go on to defeat Manitoba's

in the semi-final. They would face Betker again in the final, and this time defeated the team winning their second national championship. At the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, the team would finish first place in round robin with a 10-1 record. They would defeat Denmark's

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in the 1-2 game, receiving a bye to the final. They would end up meeting Jensen once again in the final, and would successfully defeat the Denmark team, winning their first world championship. Returning to the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as defending champions, the team would not find success this time around. They would fail to qualify for the playoffs, finish round robin with a disappointing 5-6 record. After a disappointing 2008 season, the team made the decision to part ways with lead

, replacing her with

Jacquie Armstrong Jacquie Armstrong (born March 19, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She previously played lead for the Kelly Scott rink. Armstrong joined the rink in 2009, replacing Renee Simons. Prior to 2009, Armstrong play ...

. The newly revamped team would still find difficulties, failing to qualify for the 2009 provincials. They would get the opportunity to compete in the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, however would finish round robin last place, with a 1-6 record.

2010–2013

Carter, along with the rest of the Scott team would qualify for and win the 2010 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. When they returned to the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team would again make the playoffs, having finished round robin third, with a 7-4 record. They would face Ontario's

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Univ ...

in the 3-4 game and would lose 4-6. For a second year in a row the team would qualify for and win the 2011 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. This time Carter would attend the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts six months pregnant. After round robin play concluded, the team would be tied for fourth place with a 7-4 record. They would enter a tiebreaker with Nova Scotia's

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. In spite of stealing two points in the tenth end, the team would fall short losing the tiebreaker 8-9. At the end of the 2010-2011 season

would leave the team due to pregnancy. The team added Daliene Sivertson at third to replace Schraeder, however halfway through the season, Carter would move from throwing second stones to third stones, Sivertson moving to second stones, but still holding the broom. The move meant success and the team would win the 2012 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, barely defeating

Marla Mallett Marla Mallett (born December 19, 1970 as Marla Geiger in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Walnut Grove, British Columbia. Career 1988–1997 Mallett is a three time former Canadian and World Junior champion in 1988 playi ...

in the final. At the

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, the team would finish round robin in second place with an 8-3 record. They would face Manitoba's

in the 1-2 game, and would defeat the team from Manitoba 7-5 receiving a bye to the final. The team would meet Alberta's

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in the final, and in a close game would lose 6-7. Carter was again pregnant at the 2012 event. At the end of the 2011-2012 season both Armstrong and Sivertson would leave the team. Scott and Carter would welcome back

, and also added

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to the team. The team won another provincial title and would win a bronze medal at the

2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. It was the ninth time Ontario hosted the Tournament of Hearts. Ontario last hos ...

2020–present

On March 3, 2020, it was announced she and former teammates

and

would be skipped by five-time Scotties Champion

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling C ...

for the 2020–21 season. The team played in one event during the abbreviated season, finishing runner-up at the

Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash The Kelowna Double Cash is an annual tournament on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The men's event is sponsored by Raymond James Financial and the ...

to Team

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and repres ...

. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Brown was invited to represent British Columbia at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which they accepted, ending the season for Team Arsenault. The next season, the team again reached the final of the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash, losing to the Kaila Buchy junior rink. They were able to compete in their provincial championship at the 2022 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts in

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from January 5 to 9. After losing to Team

Kayla MacMillan Kayla MacMillan (born May 10, 1998, in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from New Westminster, British Columbia. She currently plays third on Team Clancy Grandy. Career While playing juniors in Ontario, MacMillan skipped her team of S ...

in both the A Final and 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, Team Arsenault defeated MacMillan 8–6 in the final to win the provincial championship. At the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 3–5 round robin record, defeating Quebec, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon in their three victories.

Personal life

Outside of curling, Carter works as Development Officer, Planned Giving, for the Okanagan College Foundation. She is a graduate of the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Curlers from British Columbia Curlers from Manitoba 1974 births Living people World curling champions Canadian women curlers Canadian women's curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants