CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2024 USA Curling National Championships

St. Paul, Minnesota

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 10-5 over Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championships, held January 27 - February 4, 2024 at the The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, United States.

Peterson finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson lost 10-5 to Anderson, then responded with a 11-5 win over Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND). Peterson won 8-5 against Miranda Scheel (Fargo, ND), then won 9-6 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) and 12-7 against Christine McMakin (Minneapolis, MN). Peterson won 10-3 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN), then won 10-6 against Elizabeth Cousins (Boston, MA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling National Championships Championship title, Peterson earned 37.500 world rankings points. Peterson gained -23.312 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 13thplace overall with 165.875 total points. Peterson ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 165.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	43	31	0	0.581	15-8	7-12	3-4	3-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	580	483	404	8.33	6.97	1.36	4.95	4.21	1.68	1.66	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	281	341	76	26	7-2	22-3	74-10	1.21	0.27	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	299	142	328	23	5-8	12-19	17-74	0.47	1.10	0.47	0.28

2025: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Tara Peterson, Taylor Anderson-Heide, Vicky Persinger, Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2024: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2017: Jamie Sinclair
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