CHAMPION: Christensen Wins 2014 USA Junior Women's Championship

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Mackenzie
Lank

Second
Anna
Bauman

Lead
Anna
Hopkins

Cory Christensen (Duluth, MN) won 8-7 over Sarah Anderson (Broomall, PA) in the Final of the USA Junior Women's Championship, held January 25 - February 1, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.

Christensen finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Courtney Osbakken (Two Harbors, MN) 11-1, then won 10-4 against Kaitlin Fowler (Fairbanks, AK) and 11-6 against Jenna Haag (Milton, WI). Christensen won 10-3 against Abigayle Lindgren (Grand Forks, ND). Christensen went on to lose 9-6 against Anderson. Christensen responded with a 9-5 win over Shelby Sweet (Everett, WA). Christensen won 10-2 against Melissa Runing (Mankato, MN), then won 7-4 against Christine McMakin (North Potomac, MD) and 7-4 against Sidney Schroeder (Midland, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Junior Women's Championship Championship title, Christensen earned 8.000 world rankings points, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 26.250 total points. Christensen ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	26	24	0	0.520	6-6	9-11	2-5	0-2	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	390	307	269	7.87	6.90	0.97	4.38	4.41	1.80	1.56	1.21

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	184	217	65	22	9-0	16-3	38-12	1.18	0.35	0.39	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	206	90	204	25	3-6	8-15	9-30	0.44	0.99	0.59	0.27

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