CHAMPION: Roth Wins 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup

SKIP
Nina
Roth

Third
Tabitha
Peterson

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Nina Roth (McFarland , USA) won 5-4 over EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup, held September 30 - October 3, 2019 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Roth won 7-6 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals

Roth finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roth defeated Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) 7-5, then went on to lose 7-6 against Kim. Roth responded with a 9-3 win over Eun-jin Oh (Jeonbuk, KOR). Roth won 7-6 against Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup Championship title, Roth earned 48.994 world rankings points along with the $27,753CDN first prize cheque. Roth move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 30.868 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with 236.043 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Roth ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.905 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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