CHAMPION: Ontario's Sherry Middaugh Wins 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling

Ontario

SKIP
Sherry
Middaugh

Third
Jo-Ann
Rizzo

Second
Lee
Merklinger

Lead
Leigh
Armstrong

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	6.78
PA/G:	6.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Ontario's Sherry Middaugh won 4-2 over United States's Nina Roth in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held December 30 - January 2, 2017 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ontario's Sherry Middaugh won 4-2 over Julie Tippin (Woodstock, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-5 over Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville in the quarterfinals.

Ontario's Sherry Middaugh finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ontario's Sherry Middaugh defeated Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) 8-5, then went on to lose 7-2 against Tippin. Ontario's Sherry Middaugh lost 7-4 to Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) where Ontario's Sherry Middaugh responded with a 7-4 win over Cristin Clark (Seattle, WA). Ontario's Sherry Middaugh won 5-4 against Minnesota's Cassie Potter in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, Ontario's Sherry Middaugh earned 42.728 world rankings points along with the $6,722CDN first prize cheque. Ontario's Sherry Middaugh move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 38.722 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 324.656 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ontario's Sherry Middaugh ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 170.867 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

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2022: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim , Sungjun Lee
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2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
St. Paul, MN
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Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, Aileen Geving, Tara Peterson
McFarland , USA
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Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2016: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT

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