McMakin Reaches 2025 USA Curling National Championships Semifinals

SKIP
Christine
McMakin

Third
Miranda
Scheel

Second
Jenna
Burchesky

Lead
Rebecca
Rodgers

Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND) run at the 2025 USA Curling National Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Elizabeth Cousins (Nashua, NH). of the 2025 USA Curling National Championships in Duluth, Minnesota;

McMakin finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McMakin defeated Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) 8-6, then won 12-6 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) and 14-6 against Cousins. McMakin won 11-5 against Courtney Benson (Duluth, MN), then won 9-1 against Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN). McMakin went on to lose 9-7 against Allie Giroux (Chaska, MN). McMakin responded with a 9-3 win over Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

McMakin earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championships. McMakin move up 11 spots after posting a net gain of 3.101 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 46th overall with 61.063 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McMakin ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	19	23	0	0.452	4-3	4-4	0-1	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	306	251	212	8.20	6.93	1.27	4.77	4.28	1.72	1.62	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	144	165	52	16	6-0	9-3	34-10	1.15	0.36	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	162	86	160	13	3-2	1-14	20-31	0.53	0.99	0.51	0.33

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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