Murphy Runner-Up at 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Jestyn
Murphy

Third
Carly
Howard

Second
Stephanie
Matheson

Lead
Grace
Holyoke

Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON) lost 9-2 to Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Final of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won 8-5 over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won 6-4 over Hollie Duncan (Toronto , ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Murphy finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC) 6-4, then went on to lose 8-3 against Binia Feltscher (Langenthal, SUI). Murphy responded with a 5-4 win over Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose 9-2 against Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, Murphy take home 33.206 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Murphy move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 27.786 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 24th overall with 193.753 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 92.109 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

2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken
Vancouver, BC
2019: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang
Chuncheon, KOR
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jacqueline Harrison
Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Nicole Westlund Stewart
Mississauga, ON
2015: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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