Christensen Runner-Up at 2016 World Junior Curling Championships

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Sarah
Anderson

Second
Taylor
Anderson-Heide

Lead
Madison
Bear

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	8.30
PA/G:	5.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) lost 7-4 to Mary Fay (Chester, CAN) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held March 5 - 13, 2016 in Taarnby, Denmark.

Christensen finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Therese Westman (Stockholm, SWE) 8-6, then won 10-4 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Christensen went on to lose 7-6 against Dorottya Palancsa (Budapest, HUN). Christensen responded with a 11-2 win over Evgeniy Demkina (Moscow, RUS). Christensen won 8-4 against Sophie Jackson (Sitrling, SCO). Christensen went on to lose 5-3 against Fay. Christensen responded with a 7-3 win over Elena Stern (Luzern, SUI). Christensen won 7-6 against Korea's Min Ji Kim, then won 11-3 against Ayano Tsuchiya (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Christensen take home 18.340 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Christensen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Christensen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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