CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2020 USA Curling National Championship

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Rebecca
Hamilton

Second
Tara
Peterson

Lead
Aileen
Geving

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 7-5 over Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championship, held February 8 - 15, 2020 in Spokane, Washington.

Peterson finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) 5-2, then won 10-6 against Delaney Strouse (Malvern, PA) and 9-3 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND). Peterson won 10-9 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN). Peterson went on to lose 8-7 against Sinclair. Peterson responded with a 8-1 win over Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN). Peterson won 12-3 against Patti Lank (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling National Championship Championship title, Peterson earned 37.514 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Peterson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Peterson 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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