CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) won 5-3 over Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay , NONT) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 16 - 18, 2022 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Peterson won 7-6 over Sarah Anderson (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 9-2 over Gayeong Shin (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Peterson finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) 5-4, then won 10-0 against Kaye Bassett (Fairbanks, AK) and 7-1 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND). Peterson won 8-4 against Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Peterson earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $8,160CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15 after improving upon their best so far this season. Peterson ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.500 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

2022: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
Chaska, MN
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving
St. Paul, MN
2019: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
Thunder Bay, NONT
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
,
2017: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
Calgary, AB
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Courtney Chenier
Sudbury , NONT
2012: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Kelly Erickson, Stephanie Enright, Cori Morris
, AB
2011: Cassie Potter
Cassie Potter, Jamie Haskell, Jackie Lemke, Stephanie Bohan, Laura Roessler
St. Paul, MN

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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