CHAMPION: Horton Wins 2019 CurlON Women's Cash Spiel

SKIP
Lauren
Horton

Third
Susan
Froud

Second
Margot
Flemming

Lead
Megan
Arnold

Lauren Horton (Waterloo, ON) won 4-3 over Julie Tippin (Woodstock, ON) in the Final of the CurlON Women's Cash Spiel - Midland, held December 14 - 16, 2018 at the Midland Curling Club in Midland, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Horton won 6-4 over Katelyn Wasylkiw (Unionville, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 CurlON Women's Cash Spiel - Midland in Midland, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-7 over Danielle Inglis (Etobicoke, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 CurlON Women's Cash Spiel - Midland in Midland, Ontario, Canada;

Horton finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Horton lost 9-3 to Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON), then responded with a 6-5 win over Julie Hastings (Thornhill, ON). Horton won 3-2 against Marteen Jones (Lindsay, ON), then won 9-7 against Jo-Ann Rizzo (Brantford, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CurlON Women's Cash Spiel - Midland Championship title, Horton earned 25.575 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Horton move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 15.864 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 118.529 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Horton ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.684 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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