CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2021 Curve US Open of Curling

St. Paul, Minnesota

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Nina
Roth

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.03
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 8-5 over Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) in the Final Peterson advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Curve US Open of Curling - Championships, held September 10 - 12, 2021 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States.

Peterson finished 4-1 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Cory Christensen (Chaska, MN) 8-2, then won 7-3 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) and 11-2 against Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis, MN). Peterson went on to lose 6-3 against Madison Bear (Chaska, MN). Peterson responded with a 6-3 win over Sinclair in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curve US Open of Curling - Championships Championship title, Peterson earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $3,796CDN first prize cheque. For week 7 of the event schedule, Peterson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 9th to 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 122.713 total points. Peterson ranks 268th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	38	18	0	0.679	7-4	11-4	2-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	433	383	279	8.85	6.44	2.40	5.08	4.32	1.74	1.49	0.60

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	206	263	55	22	6-0	17-3	60-10	1.28	0.27	0.45	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	227	120	224	4	4-4	6-9	19-46	0.53	0.99	0.60	0.33

2023: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2022: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim , Sungjun Lee
Chuncheon, KOR
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
St. Paul, MN
2019: Tabitha Peterson
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, Aileen Geving, Tara Peterson
McFarland , USA
2017: Jamie Sinclair
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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