Mike McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) lost
8-7 to
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held December 28 - 31, 2018 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, McCarville won
6-5 over
's Scott Dunnam to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; of the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;
McCarville finished 4-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCarville defeated
Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) 6-5, then won
3-2 against
Dominik Maerki (Minneapolis, MN) and
5-4 against
's Jed Brundidge. McCarville went on to lose
8-5 against
's Scott Dunnam. McCarville responded with a
5-3 win over
's Kelly Marnoch in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, McCarville take home
13.934 world rankings points along with the $4,644CDN prize, moving up 452 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 199th place overall with
13.934 total points. McCarville ranks 172nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
13.934 points earned so far this season.
