Pottinger Runner-Up at 2014 USA National Championship

SKIP
Allison
Pottinger

Third
Nicole
Joraanstad

Second
Natalie
Nicholson

Lead
Tabitha
Peterson

Allison Pottinger (St. Paul, MN) lost 5-4 to Nina Spatola (St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the USA National Championship, held March 1 - 8, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pottinger finished 7-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pottinger defeated Sarah Anderson (Philadelphia, PA) 6-4, then won 6-4 against Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN) and 10-2 against Amy Lou Anderson (St. Paul, MN). Pottinger won 9-5 against Gabrielle Coleman (Seattle, WA), then won 11-1 against Caitlin Maroldo (Rochester, NY) and 8-5 against Abigayle Lindgren (Grand Forks, ND). Pottinger went on to lose 6-5 against Alexandra Carlson (Wayzata, MN). Pottinger responded with a 9-8 win over Spatola. Pottinger went on to lose 8-5 against Courtney George (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA National Championship, Pottinger take home 17.500 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with 81.105 total points. Pottinger ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 58.055 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	36	22	0	0.621	20-4	9-15	9-4	3-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	479	365	299	7.62	6.24	1.38	4.70	4.09	1.62	1.53	1.21

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	226	264	43	30	7-0	18-0	45-7	1.17	0.19	0.36	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	253	101	256	28	1-8	7-14	19-44	0.40	1.01	0.59	0.26

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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