Sormunen6-3 at 2012 US Curling Nationals

SKIP
Aileen
Geving

Third
Courtney
Benson

Second
Amanda
Lilla

Lead
Miranda
Solem

Aileen Sormunen (Duluth, MN) finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sormunen lost 12-2 to Allison Pottinger (St. Paul, MN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Patti Lank (Lewiston, NY). Sormunen won 11-3 against Janice Langanke (Middletown, NJ). Sormunen went on to lose 10-6 against Erika Brown (Madison, WI). Sormunen responded with a 7-6 win over Becca Hamilton (McFarland, WI). Sormunen won 6-4 against Maureen Stolt (St. Paul, MN). Sormunen went on to lose 7-4 against Alexandra Carlson (Wayzata, MN). Sormunen responded with a 8-4 win over Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN). Sormunen won 8-5 against Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sormunen earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the US Curling Nationals, moving up 32 spots the World Ranking Standings into 80th place overall with 15.750 total points. Sormunen ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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