CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2023 USA Curling National Championships

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Games:	9
Record:	9W - 0L
PF/G:	10.12
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) won 8-5 over Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis , MN) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championships, held February 5 - 13, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.

Peterson finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Madison Bear (Chaska, MN) 9-8, then won 9-3 against Kim Rhyme (St. Paul, MN) and 10-7 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND). Peterson won 8-3 against Sarah Anderson (Chaska, MN), then won 9-5 against Strouse and 9-5 against Miranda Scheel (Eau Claire, WI). Peterson won 10-5 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling National Championships Championship title, Peterson earned 37.500 world rankings points. Peterson move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 33.75 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 194.894 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Peterson ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 170.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	52	30	0	0.634	18-5	9-11	7-2	2-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	629	533	432	8.47	6.87	1.61	5.01	4.36	1.69	1.58	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	297	390	91	15	14-2	24-4	80-12	1.31	0.31	0.42	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	332	143	341	25	2-9	10-21	18-61	0.43	1.03	0.56	0.30

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