Val Sweeting

Sweeting grew up in Maryfield, Saskatchewan. In 2007, Sweeting played third for Hailey Surik's junior rink out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.{{cite web |title=2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championship (W) |url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Junior_Women_2007.pdf |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |access-date=May 12, 2020 |page=2 |date=May 3, 2010}} The team represented Saskatchewan at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. After posting an 8–4 record, they lost to Manitoba in a tiebreaker match.{{cite news |title=Finals set at Canadian curling juniors |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/finals-set-at-canadian-curling-juniors-1.659263 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=CBC Sports |date=February 9, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109232410/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/curling/story/2007/02/09/junior-curling-semis.html |archive-date=January 9, 2008}}

After juniors, Sweeting moved to Alberta where she formed her own team with Megan Anderson at third, Carly Quigley at second and Whitney Eckstrand at lead.{{cite web |title=Val Sweeting: Teams |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=20313&view=Teams#1 |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} In 2010, in her very first provincial championship, Sweeting surprised many by defeating former World championship bronze medalist Cathy King and Olympic bronze medalist Shannon Kleibrink to capture the provincial crown. She would be the youngest skip ever to represent Alberta at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she skipped her province to a 4–7 record.{{cite web |title=Female Athlete of the Week: Val Sweeting |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2010/09/14/female-athlete-of-the-week-val-sweeting/ |website=Curling Canada |access-date=May 12, 2020 |date=September 14, 2010}}

Sweeting played in her first Grand Slam event later in the season. Ranked 44th going into the 2010 Players' Championship, she won three straight games after losing to Kleibrink, qualifying her for the playoffs. She then lost in the quarterfinal to Stefanie Lawton.{{cite web |title=Sweeting Reaches 2010 Grey Power Players' Championship Quarters |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=2196&teamid=51463&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}}

After the 2009–10 season, Sweeting re-jigged her team's lineup, adding Leslie Rogers at third, replacing Quigley. The team had a less eventful season in 2010–11, including winning just one game at the 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.{{cite web |title=Sweeting 1–3 at 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=2429&teamid=49836&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} After the season, Sweeting brought in a new front-end of Joanne Courtney and Rachelle Pidherny. The team improved on the year before, and finished in fourth place at the 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.{{cite web |title=Alberta Scotties — Playoffs |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Playoffs&eventid=2650# |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Following the season, Sweeting added Dana Ferguson at third position, replacing Rogers.

In the 2012–13 season, Sweeting's rink narrowly missed the playoffs at the 2013 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts,{{cite web |title=Sweeting 4–3 at 2013 Alberta Scotties |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=2871&teamid=66509&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} but the team was able to gain enough CTRS points to qualify for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials. The team was one of the qualifiers in the event, giving them the right to play in the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.{{cite news |title=Curling: Sweeting, Jacobs each win to advance to Roar of the Rings |url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/2013/11/10/curling-sweeting-jacobs-each-win-to-advance-to-roar-of-the-rings.html |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |agency=The Canadian Press |date=November 10, 2013}} At the trials, Sweeting led her rink to a 3–4 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.{{cite web |title=2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings — Women |url=https://s17962.pcdn.co/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2019/03/2013-ROTR-Womens-Complete.pdf |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |access-date=May 12, 2020 |page=29 |date=December 5, 2013}} Also in the 2013–14 season, the rink had two quarterfinal appearances at Grand Slams, at the 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic.{{cite web |title=Val Sweeting: Events |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=20313&view=Events#1 |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Sweeting continued her success that season by going undefeated at the 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where her team beat Cheryl Bernard in the final.{{cite news |last1=Dills |first1=Steve |title=Exciting curling action led to Sweeting sweeping Alberta Scotties |url=https://www.sylvanlakenews.com/sports/exciting-curling-action-led-to-sweeting-sweeping-alberta-scotties/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sylvan Lake News |date=January 16, 2014}} Sweeting then represented Alberta once again at the national championships, the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the Hearts, Sweeting led Alberta to an 8–3 finish following the round robin. This put her into the playoffs, where she beat Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton and Manitoba's Chelsea Carey to advance to the final. There, she lost to Ontario's Rachel Homan 8–6 to win the silver medal.{{cite web |title=2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts |url=https://s17962.pcdn.co/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2019/03/2014-Scotties-Complete.pdf |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |access-date=May 12, 2020 |pages=95, 102–103, 105 |date=February 7–9, 2014}}

After the 2013–14 season, Sweeting's third Joanne Courtney left the team to play for the Homan rink, whom they had lost to in the 2014 Scotties final.{{cite news |last1=Griwkowsky |first1=Con |title=Val Sweeting third Joanne Courtney joining Rachel Homan team lineup |url=https://edmontonsun.com/2014/03/25/val-sweeting-third-joanne-courtney-joining-rachel-homan-team-lineup/wcm/fd3021e2-8267-4ce3-aa36-b5f3016b774e |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Edmonton Sun |date=March 25, 2014}} She would be replaced by Andrea Crawford, who left the team early in the season when things weren't working out.{{cite web |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Team Val Sweeting parting ways after season |url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/team-val-sweeting-parting-ways-after-season/ |website=Grand Slam of Curling |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=8 June 2019}} With Cathy Overton-Clapham playing third as their spare, they won their first slam at the 2014 Masters of Curling.{{cite news |title=Val Sweeting rink wins the Masters |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/val-sweeting-rink-wins-the-masters-1.2821282 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=November 2, 2014}} With Lori Olson-Johns as their new full-time third, they also made it to the semifinals at two slams and the quarterfinals at one other. They also won the 2014 Canada Cup of Curling, defeating Homan in the final.{{cite news |title=Team Sweeting Wins Home Hardware Canada Cup |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2014/12/07/team-sweeting-wins-home-hardware-canada-cup/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=December 7, 2014}} The team would win the 2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, earning the team a berth at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, Sweeting led her rink to a 9–2 round robin record, good enough for second place, behind Team Manitoba, skipped by Jennifer Jones. They would go on to lose to Manitoba in the 1 vs. 2 game, but rebounded in the semifinal, beating Saskatchewan (skipped by Stefanie Lawton), before losing to Jones again in the final.{{cite web |title=2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts |url=https://s17962.pcdn.co/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2014/09/2015STOH_SouvenirReport.pdf |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |access-date=May 12, 2020 |pages=5, 38, 40, 42 |date=March 13, 2016}}

The team found less success in their next season. They won just one tour event (the 2015 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out), though they still made the playoffs in five of the six slams of the season, including making it to the finals of the 2015 Masters, where they lost to Homan.{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Masters Live Blog: Homan wins GSOC Masters |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/gsoc-masters-live-playoffs-scores/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=November 1, 2015}} The team would not represent Alberta at the Scotties, as they lost in the finals of the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to the Chelsea Carey rink, who would end up winning the national title.{{cite news |last1=MacKinnon |first1=Jeff |title=Carey gets redemption, beating Sweeting for Alberta Scotties title |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/curling/carey-gets-redemption-beating-sweeting-for-alberta-scotties-title/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Calgary Herald |date=January 25, 2016}}{{cite news |title=Alberta Wins 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2016/02/29/72815/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=February 29, 2016}}

In the 2016–17 season, the Sweeting rink made the playoffs in five of the six slams, including winning the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge and losing in the final of the 2017 Players' Championship. The team again lost in the finals of the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, this time losing to Shannon Kleibrink.{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Live: Kleibrink wins 5th career Alberta Scotties title |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/live-provincial-curling-championships-2017/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=January 29, 2017}} The next season, Sweeting defended her title by winning the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge.{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Sweeting steals to retain Tour Challenge title |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/sweeting-steals-to-retain-tour-challenge-title/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=September 11, 2017}} Sweeting played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, going 4–4, just missing the playoffs.{{cite web |title=2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings — Women: Standings/Draw: Round Robin |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2441/standings |website=Curling Canada |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Her dreams of making the Olympics would not be over though, as she teamed up with Brad Gushue to play in the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. The pair went 5–3 in the round robin, but rallied off three straight victories in the playoffs to make it to the finals. There, they lost to John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes.{{cite web |title=2018 Canad Inns Mixed Doubles Trials: Teams: Sweeting/Gushue |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3386/teams/15832 |website=Curling Canada |access-date=May 12, 2020}} Sweeting then turned her attention to the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where she lost in the 3 vs. 4 game.{{cite web |title=2018 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties — Playoffs |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5127&eventtypeid=82&view=Playoffs#1 |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 12, 2020}} In addition to winning the Tour Challenge, the Sweeting team made the playoffs in one more slam that season, the 2017 Boost National.

In February 2018, it was announced that the Sweeting team would be breaking up with Sweeting joining the all-skip squad of Kerri Einarson, Shannon Birchard and Briane Meilleur for the 2018–19 season. Sweeting would play third on the team.{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Einarson forms new team with Sweeting, Birchard & Meilleur |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/einarson-forms-new-team-sweeting-birchard-meilleur |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=February 16, 2018}} They began the season by winning three straight World Curling Tour events in three weeks: the 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, the inaugural Morris SunSpiel and then the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/wct-recap-team-einarson-keeps-rolling-with-third-win-of-season-1.1179425|title=WCT Recap: Team Einarson keeps rolling with third win of season - TSN.ca|date=2018-09-24|work=TSN|access-date=2018-10-05}} with a fourth win at the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Classic in October.{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Donna |title=Canadian women's rink proving 4 skips as good — or better — than 1 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/einarson-rink-canada-women-curling-1.4855442 |access-date=9 October 2018 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC Sports |date=9 October 2018}} In December, the team lost in the finals of the 2018 Canada Cup and 2018 National.{{cite news |title=Jones wins record fourth Home Hardware Canada Cup women's crown |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2018/12/09/jones-wins-record-fourth-home-hardware-canada-cup-womens-crown/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=December 9, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=GSOC Boost National Live Blog: Homan tops Einarson for title |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/gsoc-boost-national-live-blog-einarson-takes-homan-final/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=December 16, 2018}} Their strong play during the early part of the season earned them enough points to put team Einarson in the Wild Card game at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. However, the team lost to the lower-ranked Casey Scheidegger rink.{{cite news |title=Scheidegger Wins Wild Card Game, Earns Berth in 2019 Scotties |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2019/02/15/scheidegger-wins-wild-card-game-earns-berth-in-2019-scotties/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=February 15, 2019}} The team would rebound to have a strong finish at the end of the season, winning the 2019 Players' Championship and losing in the final of the 2019 Champions Cup.

Team Einarson had two playoff finishes at the first two Slams of the 2019–20 season, losing to Anna Hasselborg in the quarterfinal of the Masters and once again to Hasselborg in the final of the Tour Challenge.{{cite web |title=2019 Masters: Playoff brackets |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/2019-masters-playoff-brackets/ |website=Grand Slam of Curling |access-date=May 12, 2020 |date=October 26, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Brazeau |first1=Jonathan |title=Anna Hasselborg wins Tour Challenge to earn 3rd career GSOC title |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/anna-hasselborg-wins-tour-challenge-earn-3rd-career-gsoc-title/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Sportsnet |date=November 10, 2019}} The team did not have the same success at the Canada Cup as they did in 2018, finishing with a 2–4 record.{{cite web |title=2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup — Women: Standings/Draw: Round Robin |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6054/standings |website=Curling Canada |access-date=May 12, 2020}} However, at the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her team succeeded. They finished the round robin and championship round with a 7–1 record, which qualified them for the final. There, they defeated Jennifer Jones.{{cite web |title=2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Presented By Bayer: Teams: Einarson |url=https://curlmanitoba.org/about-company/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4587/teams/27031 |website=CurlManitoba |access-date=May 12, 2020}} It was Sweeting's first Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial title. Team Einarson represented Manitoba at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they continued their success. They finished first in the round robin with a 9–2 record and then won the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, qualifying them for the final.{{cite web |title=2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings/Draw: Championship Pool |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6241/standings/7430 |website=Curling Canada |access-date=May 12, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Donna |title=Einarson downs Jones in Battle of Manitoba to reach Scotties final |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-2020-page-playoffs-1.5472792 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=CBC Sports |agency=The Canadian Press |date=February 22, 2020}} Sweeting won her first Canadian Championship when they defeated Rachel Homan 8–7 in and extra end.{{Cite news|title=Kerri Einarson wins Canadian women's curling championship|author=Donna Spencer|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/kerri-einarson-wins-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-1.5473368|website=CBC Sports|publisher=The Canadian Press|date=February 23, 2020}} Sweeting was named the All-Star Third for the tournament.{{cite news |title=Scotties Award Winners Named! |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2020/02/22/scotties-award-winners-named/ |access-date=May 12, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=February 22, 2020}} The team was set to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cp-newsalert-world-women-s-curling-championship-cancelled-1.1456723|title=World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled|website=The Sports Network|author=The Canadian Press|date=March 12, 2020|access-date=March 20, 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/|title=World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada|date=March 12, 2020|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=March 20, 2020}} The Scotties would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/gsoc-cancels-remaining-events-of-2019-20-season/|title=GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season|website=Grand Slam of Curling|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=March 20, 2020}}

Team Einarson returned to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2021 as Team Canada. They went 7–1 in the round robin, with their only loss coming against Ontario's Rachel Homan. This qualified them for the championship round. There, they won three games and lost one to Manitoba's Jennifer Jones.{{cite web |title=2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Teams: Canada (Einarson) |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6777/teams/29227 |website=Curling Canada |access-date=March 1, 2021}} They advanced to the playoffs as the second seed, defeating Alberta's Laura Walker 9–3 in the semifinal. In the final, they defeated Homan to win their second consecutive Scotties gold.{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Donna |title=Kerri Einarson wins back-to-back Scotties titles |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/scotties-roundup-calgary-feb28-1.5931258 |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=CBC Sports |agency=The Canadian Press |date=February 28, 2021}} Sweeting was named the First Team All-Star third for the second year in a row.{{cite web |title=All-Stars, Award-Winners Named! |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/28/all-stars-award-winners-named-2/ |website=Curling Canada |access-date=March 1, 2021}} A month later, Sweeting was back in the Calgary bubble to compete with Marc Kennedy at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair qualified for the playoffs with a 5–1 record before losing to Lisa Weagle and John Epping in the round of 12, eliminating them from contention.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/03/23/were-down-to-eight-2/|title=We're down to eight!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=March 23, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}} Sweeting returned to the bubble for a third time in April 2021, along with her women's team to play in the two only Grand Slam events of the abbreviated season. The team made it to the semifinals of the 2021 Champions Cup where they lost to Team Homan, but got their revenge at the 2021 Players' Championship a week later, where they beat Homan in the final.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/einarson-tops-homan-to-defend-players-championship-womens-title/|title=Einarson tops Homan to defend Players' Championship women's title|author=Jonathan Brazeau|work=Grand Slam of Curling|date=April 25, 2021|access-date=April 25, 2021}} The following week, Team Einarson represented Canada at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. The team had a slow start to the event, falling to 1–5 after their first six games.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/05/03/canada-falls-to-germany/|title=Canada falls to Germany|publisher=Curling Canada|date=May 3, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}} They turned things around, however, winning six of their seven remaining round robin games to qualifying for the playoffs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/05/07/onto-the-playoffs/|title=Onto the playoffs!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}} They then faced Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in the qualification game, which they lost 8–3.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/05/wwcc2021-qualification-games/|title=Sweden and United States progress to LGT World Women's semi-finals|publisher=World Curling Federation|author=Steve Seixeiro|date=May 8, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}}

The Einarson rink had a slow start to the 2021–22 season, failing to win any of their first five tour events. Their best finish came at the 2021 Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic where they lost in the final to Tracy Fleury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/tracy-fleury-kerri-einarson-sherwood-park-women-s-curling-classic-1.1695643|title=Fleury edges Scotties champion Einarson to win Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic|publisher=TSN|date=September 19, 2021|access-date=June 18, 2022}} The team reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Masters, however, then missed the playoffs at the 2021 National. At the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, the team went through the round robin with a 4–4 record. This earned them a spot in the first tiebreaker, where they defeated Casey Scheidegger 8–6. They then faced Krista McCarville in the second tiebreaker, where they lost 4–3 and were eliminated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/mccarville-edges-einarson-for-spot-in-olympic-trials-semifinal-4805998|title=McCarville edges Einarson for spot in Olympic Trials semifinal|publisher=Thunder Bay News Watch|author=Leith Dunick|date=November 27, 2021|access-date=June 18, 2022}} The team's next event was the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Through the round robin, the defending Scotties champions posted a perfect 8–0 record, earning a spot in the playoffs. They then lost in the seeding round to New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford, meaning they would have to win three straight games to defend their championship title. In the playoffs, the team won the 3 vs. 4 page playoff against Team Fleury and then defeated New Brunswick's Crawford in the semifinal to reach the Scotties final where they would face Northern Ontario's McCarville rink. After controlling the entire game, Team Einarson sealed the victory with a steal of one in the tenth end.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/scotties-womens-curling-championship-einarson-1.6341733|title=Kerri Einarson wins 3rd consecutive Scotties Tournament of Hearts|publisher=CBC Sports|author=Jim Morris|date=February 6, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}} With the win, they became just the fourth team to win three consecutive Scotties titles. They then went on to represent Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship, where they fared much better than in 2021. The team finished the round robin tied for second place with a 9–3 record, however, due to their draw shot challenge, finished third overall. This placed them in the qualification game where they defeated Denmark's Madeleine Dupont to advance to the semifinal. There, they took on South Korea's Kim Eun-jung. After taking control in the seventh end, South Korea stole the ninth and tenth ends to hand the Canadian team a 9–6 loss.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/03/27/crushing-defeat/|title=Crushing defeat|publisher=Curling Canada|date=March 27, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}} They were able to rebound in the bronze medal game with an 8–7 victory over Sweden's Anna Hasselborg.{{Cite news|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-einarson-wins-bronze-at-world-women-s-curling-championship-1.5836819|title=Canada's Einarson wins bronze at world women's curling championship|publisher=CTV News Winnipeg|date=March 27, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}} Team Einarson wrapped up their season at the final two Slams of the season. At the 2022 Players' Championship, they made it all the way to the final where they were defeated by the Hasselborg rink.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/hasselborg-makes-gsoc-history-with-players-championship-womens-title-win/|title=Hasselborg makes GSOC history with Players' Championship women's title win|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 17, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}} At the 2022 Champions Cup, the team secured their third Grand Slam title as a foursome with a 10–6 victory over Gim Eun-ji.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/einarson-earns-4th-gsoc-womens-title-with-champions-cup-win/|title=Einarson earns 4th GSOC women's title with Champions Cup win|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=May 8, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

The 2022–23 season began for Team Einarson at the 2022 PointsBet Invitational single elimination event where they entered as the top seeded team. After defeating Tracey Larocque and Kelsey Rocque, they lost 9–5 to the new Jennifer Jones rink in the semifinal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=6408|title=Jones to play Scheidegger in PointsBet Invitational final|publisher=CurlingZone|access-date=July 22, 2023}} The team next played in the first Slam of the year, the 2022 National, where they lost 7–3 to Silvana Tirinzoni in the event final.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/tirinzoni-tops-einarson-to-claim-boost-national-womens-championship/|title=Tirinzoni tops Einarson to claim Boost National women’s championship|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=October 9, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} They also reached the final of the 2022 Tour Challenge where they lost 8–4 to Rachel Homan.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/homan-tops-einarson-in-tour-challenge-final-to-win-12th-grand-slam-title/|title=Homan tops Einarson in Tour Challenge final to win 12th Grand Slam title|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=October 23, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} Team Einarson was chosen to represent Canada at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships where they qualified for the playoffs as the second seeds with a 7–1 record.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/11/pccc-sf-women/|title=Women’s round-robins draw to a close|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=November 5, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} They then lost 6–5 to Japan in the semifinal but rebounded to beat the United States in the bronze medal game.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/11/women-final-pccc/|title=Japan women claim first Pan Continental title|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} The team won their fourth Grand Slam together by going undefeated to claim the 2022 Masters.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/einarson-edges-homan-in-extra-end-to-win-wfg-masters-womens-title/|title=Einarson edges Homan in extra end to win WFG Masters women’s title|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=December 11, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} In December, they travelled to Japan to compete in the 2022 Karuizawa International Curling Championships where they lost in the final to Kim Eun-jung.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/kim-defeats-einarson-in-karuizawa-international-final-1.1895893|title=Kim defeats Einarson in Karuizawa International final|publisher=TSN|date=December 20, 2022|access-date=July 22, 2023}} In the new year, Team Einarson made it to another Slam final where they lost 5–3 to Satsuki Fujisawa.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/fujisawa-wins-co-op-canadian-open-to-become-first-gsoc-champion-from-asia/|title=Fujisawa wins Co-op Canadian Open to become first GSOC champion from Asia|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=January 15, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} Returning to the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as Team Canada, the team again went undefeated through the round robin but lost in the page seeding game to Manitoba's Jones.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2023/02/25/one-step-closer-2/|title=One Step Closer!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 25, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} They then won both the 3 vs. 4 game and the semifinal over Nova Scotia and Northern Ontario respectively to reach another national final where they again faced Jones. After trading singles, Team Canada stole two in the fifth end to open a two-point lead. They secured their record tying fourth Scotties title with a score of five in the ninth end.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/team-kerri-einarson-wins-fourth-straight-scotties-tops-manitoba-s-jennifer-jones-1.1924204|title=Team Einarson use five-ender to crush Manitoba's Jones, win fourth straight Scotties|publisher=TSN|date=February 27, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} The team then advanced to the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship where they reached the playoffs again with a 7–5 record.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/dayseven-wwc/|title=Live Blog: Day seven at the WWCC|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=July 11, 2023}} After defeating Japan in the qualification game, they lost in the semifinals for a second year in a row, 8–5 to Norway.{{Cite news|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-einarson-falls-8-5-to-norway-in-women-s-curling-world-championship-semis-1.6329014|title=Canada's Einarson falls 8-5 to Norway in women's curling world championship semis|publisher=CTV News Winnipeg|date=March 25, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} They won another bronze medal after an 8–5 win over Sweden.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/bronze-wwcc2023/|title=Canada win bronze medals at LGT World Women’s Curling Championship|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} Team Einarson reached the semifinals of the 2023 Players' Championship where they fell 10–3 to Isabella Wranå.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/koe-claims-spot-in-princess-auto-players-championship-final-with-buzzer-beater-shot/|title=Koe claims spot in Princess Auto Players’ Championship final with clutch shot|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}} They finished their season at the 2023 Champions Cup where they lost 6–5 to Team Homan in the championship game.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/homan-completes-comeback-to-capture-kioti-tractor-champions-cup-womens-title/|title=Homan completes comeback to capture KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup women’s title|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=May 7, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023}}

Team Einarson reached the quarterfinals in their first event of the 2023–24 season, falling to Serena Gray-Withers at the 2023 Saville Shootout. The team then played in the 2023 PointsBet Invitational where they lost in the final to Team Homan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/curling/homan-tops-einarson-to-claim-pointsbet-invitational-title/article_79239c58-6127-5cd3-918b-05a8374a89df.html|title=Homan tops Einarson to claim PointsBet Invitational title|work=Toronto Star|author=Canadian Press|date=October 1, 2023|access-date=April 13, 2024}} For the second year in a row, they were chosen to represent Canada at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships. The team did not have a great week, however, losing both the semifinal and bronze medal game to finish fourth.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/11/womens-bronze/|title=United States win Pan Continental bronze|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=November 4, 2023|access-date=April 13, 2024}} In Grand Slam play, Team Einarson failed to reach any finals for the first time since forming. They had three semifinal finishes and one quarterfinal appearance before missing the playoffs at the 2024 Players' Championship, breaking their streak of qualifying at the previous twelve Slams. A few hours prior to the first draw of the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Curling Canada announced that the team's lead Briane Harris was deemed "ineligible" to play in the tournament without going into any more detail. She was replaced by alternate Krysten Karwacki.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/team-canada-lead-briane-harris-ineligible-to-compete-at-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-1.2077371|title=Team Canada lead Harris ineligible to compete at Scotties Tournament of Hearts|website=TSN|access-date=April 13, 2024}} Despite the disturbance, Team Einarson managed a 7–1 record through the round robin to qualify for the championship round. Once there, however, they lost both their games to Team Homan and Manitoba's Kate Cameron, eliminating them from contention and ending their chance of a record setting fifth straight Scotties title.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2024/02/24/the-champ-bows-out/|title=The Champ Bows Out|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 24, 2024|access-date=April 13, 2024}} Following the event, in March, it was revealed that Harris had been provisionally suspended for up to four years for testing positive for Ligandrol, a banned substance. She will be appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-briane-harris-suspension-banned-substance-1.7140282|title=Curler Briane Harris faces 4-year suspension after testing positive for banned substance, plans to appeal|website=CBC|access-date=April 13, 2024}} Harris was also replaced by Karwacki for the Players' Championship at the end of the season.

Sweeting is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently a case processing agent at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Case Processing Centre Edmonton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 16, 2021}} She has one son.2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide

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