CHAMPION: Rhyme Wins 2018 Dakota Challenger Spiel

St. Paul, Minnesota

SKIP
Kim
Rhyme

Third
Kathleen
Dubberstein

Second
Katie
Rhyme

Lead
Amy
Harnden

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.35
PA/G:	6.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Kim Rhyme (St. Paul, MN) won 6-5 over Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND) in the Final of the Dakota Challenger Spiel, held December 14 - 16, 2018 at the Dakota Curling Club in Lakeville, United States. To advance to the championship game, Rhyme won 9-4 over Anya Normandeau (St. Paul, MN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dakota Challenger Spiel in Lakeville, Minnesota, United States;

Rhyme finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme defeated Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) 8-4, then won 9-2 against Normandeau. Rhyme went on to lose 8-1 against Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR). Rhyme responded with a 9-2 win over Jennalee Johnson (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Dakota Challenger Spiel Championship title, Rhyme earned 9.899 world rankings points along with the $1,116CDN first prize cheque. Rhyme move up 52 spots after posting a net gain of 9.08 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 142nd overall with 17.086 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rhyme ranks 136th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.809 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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