Dana Ferguson

Dana Ferguson (born February 25, 1987, in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.

Ferguson was a member of the University of Alberta team that lost in the tie-breaker game of the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Championships.

She played third for the team, which was skipped by Jessica Mair.

Also that season, Ferguson played third for Brenda Doroshuk's women's rink which went 0–3 at the 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

In 2011, Ferguson made the transition to the skip position after her new skip, Bobbie Sauder took some time off to have a baby.

At the 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her rink made the playoffs, but lost in the quarter final to Heather Nedohin.

After the season, Ferguson assembled a new team, that included Olympic silver medallist Cori Morris at the lead position.

The team lost in the quarter finals of their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2011 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.

In 2012, Ferguson joined the Valerie Sweeting rink, throwing second rocks and acting as the team's vice-skip (by holding the broom on Sweeting's shots).

In 2013, the team made two Grand Slam quarter finals, at the 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic.

The team also qualified for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials at the 2013 Olympic Pre-Trials.

At the trials, Team Sweeting had a 3–4 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Also in the 2013–14 season, the rink had two quarter final appearances at Grand Slams, at the 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic.

After the 2013–14 season, third Joanne Courtney left the team to play for the Homan rink, the same team they had lost to in the 2014 Scotties final.

She would be replaced by Andrea Crawford, who left the team early in the season when things weren't working out.

They continued their success that season by going undefeated at the 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where her team beat Cheryl Bernard in the final.

Team Sweeting then represented Alberta at the national championships, the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

At the Hearts, Ferguson and her Alberta team had a 8–3 record following the round robin.

This put them into the playoffs where she had to beat Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton and Manitoba's Chelsea Carey to get to the final.

They did this successfully, but lost to Ontario's Rachel Homan 8–6 to win the silver medal.

With Cathy Overton-Clapham playing third as their spare, they won their first slam at the 2014 Masters of Curling.

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, seeking their revenge over Homan in the final.

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 the 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.

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 playoff in 5 of the 6 slams of the season, including making it to the finals of the 2015 Masters, where they lost to Homan.

The team would not represent Alberta at the Scotties, as they would lose in the finals of the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to the Chelsea Carey rink, who would end up winning the national title.

In the 2016–17 season, the Sweeting rink would again make 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.

The next season, Team Sweeting defended their title by winning the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge.

Team Sweeting played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, going 4–4, just missing the playoffs.

In addition to winning the Tour Challenge, the Sweeting team would make the playoffs in one more slam that season, the 2017 Boost National.

The team announced they would be splitting up after the season ended.

After the season, Ferguson stayed with Rachelle Brown and the duo joined the Carey team at front end including Chelsea Carey and Sarah Wilkes, playing out of The Glencoe Club in Calgary.

Leading up to Alberta provincials, the team had two playoff appearances at Grand Slam of Curling events including a semifinal finish at the Masters.

Her dreams of making the Olympics would not be over though, as she teamed up with Brendan Bottcher to play in the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials.

The pair went 6–2 in the round robin, but lost two straight games in the Round of 8 which eliminated them from contention.

The Sweeting team then turned their attention to the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where she lost in the 3 vs. 4 game.