Jenna Enge

Jenna Enge (born March 2, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, who currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.

Career

Juniors

Enge was born in Fort Frances, Ontario. She was a Northern Ontario junior champion in 2008, playing second for Ashley Miharija.

At the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, playing for Miharija, they finished with a 8-4 record, tied for third place with Alberta (skipped by Maria Bushell) and Saskatchewan (skipped by Stephanie McVicar). This would mean they had to play in a tie-breaker match against Saskatchewan who had already beat Alberta in the first tie-breaker. They would go on to lose that game 6-5 and were eliminated. Enge was the second best second during the week and was on the 2nd All-Star team.

2011–2013

In 2010, she joined Tracy Fleury and her team out of Sudbury for the 2010–11 curling season. The team found early success by earning the fourth and final slot at the Northern Ontario championship to qualify them for the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team did very well at the provincial tournament, finishing the round-robin with a 7-2 record qualifying them for the playoffs. They lost the 1vs2 game to Rachel Homan and the semifinal to Krista McCarville eliminating them from contention.

Team Fleury (then known as Team Horgan) had a slow start in their 2012 campaign, placing third at the Northern Ontario championship. However, they would have another successful tournament at that year's 2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team lost just two round robin games, and would eventually upset the previously undefeated Rachel Homan rink in the final. Homan missed a draw to the button to win the game on her last rock. At the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Enge and her team would find difficulties through the week, finishing round robin with a 4-7 record.

Her rink began the 2012-13 curling season well by winning the 2012 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. However, their bid to return to the Scotties at the provincial 2013 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was unsuccessful, with the team finishing with a 4-5 record, missing the playoffs. At the 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, the team went all the way to the finals, before losing in an extra end to Mirjam Ott, the World Champion at the time.

2013–2018

The Fleury rink secured a spot at the 2013 Road to the Roar, the Olympic pre-trials event. At the Road to the Roar, the team went 4-3 and lost the 'C' event final on last rock to Valerie Sweeting, who qualified for the Roar along with Renee Sonnenberg. Fleury defeated the top two seeds at the event, Shannon Kleibrink and Laura Crocker. Following the Pre-Trials, the team went undefeated at the Northern Ontario Scotties playdowns. By finishing 1st at the playdowns, the team competed at the 2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The team had a disappointing run at the provincials that year, giving up key steals in their losses to finish with a 5-4 record and ultimately missing the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

The team was selected to represent Canada at the 3rd annual Yichun International Ladies Cup in Yichun, China from December 28, 2013 – January 1, 2014. The team went 6-1 in the round-robin with their only loss coming from Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland in the opening draw. The team defeated Wang Bingyu in the semi-final and Jiang Yilun in the final to win the championship.

The team has had a successful start to their 2014–15 curling season, finishing 3rd at the Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel and qualifying for the playoffs of a Grand Slam event, (The Autumn Gold) for a second time in their career making it to the quarter-final before losing to provincial rival Rachel Homan of Ottawa. At the 2014 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, the team lost their opening match to Colleen Kilgallen before winning their next 8 games. They defeated St. Vital's Jennifer Jones in the final and earned 22.5 CTRS Points for their win. Just 3 weeks later, at the Curl Mesabi Classic, the Fleury rink finished first in their pool after the round-robin with a 3-1 record. In the playoffs, they defeated Patti Lank in the semi-final and defeated Erika Brown in the final to claim the championship title.

At the 2015 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Fleury rink became the first women's team to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties. The team finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record, defeating city rival Kendra Lilly 4-3 in a close match. Team Fleury then had to win a relegation qualifier prior to the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in order to compete in the main tournament.

During the relegation round at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they overpowered Kerry Galusha from the Northwest Territories 10-5 and then bested Sarah Koltun from the Yukon 7-5. In the pre-qualification final, once again they defeated the team from Yellowknife, 7-6, securing the right to represent Northern Ontario in the main draw at the Scotties for the first time. In the main event, the team found some success defeating higher seeds such as Julie Hastings and Stefanie Lawton. Headed into Draw 17, the final draw before playoffs, Fleury and Rachel Homan, team Canada at the time, shared 6-4 records. The winner of their game would decide who qualifies as the 4th seed for playoffs, the loser would end up going home. After controlling much of the game and leading 4-2 after 6, they allowed Homan to score 2 in the 7th to tie it up. After a blank in the 8th, Fleury was heavy on a tap attempt in the 9th end to give up a critical steal of 2. Homan would run them out of stones in the 10th to win 6-5. Therefore, they finished 5th at the 2015 event with a respectable 6-5 record.

After the conclusion of the 2014–15 curling season, the team announced that their team would add Calgary's Crystal Webster to the lineup in a 5-player roster due to work commitments. The team found success early, advancing all the way to the semi-final of the 2015 Tour Challenge Grand Slam. They finished the round robin with a 2-2 record with wins over Eve Muirhead and Kim Eun-jung, qualifying for a tiebreaker. The team stole the 8th end of the tiebreaker against Chelsea Carey and went on to defeat Sherry Middaugh in the quarter-final. They were defeated by Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 9-7 in the semi-final to end their run in the slam. It marked the first time Fleury advanced to the semi-final of a Slam. Although the team struggled at the next Slam, The Masters, finishing with a 1-3 record, they quickly rebounded and made it all the way to the final of The National. Up 4-3 without hammer in the 8th and final end, the team forced Rachel Homan to execute a difficult draw to the 4-foot through a port to win, which was made. A month later, they played in the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling, where they went 1-5. In their next slam, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Meridian Canadian Open. In playdowns, the team failed in their attempt to repeat as Northern Ontario champions, losing all three of their games against Krista McCarville, including the final. They wrapped up their season at the 2016 Players' Championship, where they finished with a 1-4 record.

Team Fleury began the 2016-17 Grand Slam season at the 2016 Masters of Curling, going 1-3 at the event. A month later, the team lost in the quarterfinals of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge. Later that month, they picked up a win at The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul World Curling Tour event. A week later, they played in the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling, which they finished with a 2-4 record. At their next slam, the 2016 Boost National, they missed the playoffs again with a 1-3 record. They were more successful at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open, where they lost in the quarterfinal. At the 2017 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they again lost in the final to the Krista McCarville rink, but were able to win one game against them in the round robin. The team finished their season with another quarterfinal finish at a grand slam, at the 2017 Players' Championship.

The team began the 2017-18 curling season at the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge event, where they finished with a winless 0-4 record. The next month, the team picked up a tour event win at the Gord Carroll Curling Classic. After three seasons as one of the top teams in Canada, Team Fleury qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials as the #1 seed. At the Pre-trials, they finished with a disappointing 2-4 record, missing the playoffs. A week later, the team rebounded by making it all the way to the semifinal of the 2017 Boost National Grand Slam event. The team regrouped at the 2018 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, defeating Krista McCarville in the final to qualify for the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team would finish round-robin play with an 8-3 record, in fourth place. They would lose the 3vs4 page playoff game to Mary-Anne Arsenault of Nova Scotia. A few weeks later, the team announced they would disband at the end of the 2017-18 season, citing work and family commitments.

2018–current

The next season, Enge would move up to skip teammates Oye-Sem Won Briand at third, Tracy Auld at second and long-time teammate Amanda Gates at lead. The team played in the 2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2 and finished with a record of 1-3, missing the playoffs. Enge returned to the Northern Ontario provincial championships at the 2019 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts making it all the way to the final but would lose to rival Krista McCarville 8-7.

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