CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling

St. Paul, Minnesota

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.32
PA/G:	6.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 5-3 over Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships, held September 21 - 24, 2023 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Peterson won 8-4 over Christine McMakin (Minneapolis, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Peterson finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) 8-2, then won 8-3 against McMakin. Peterson went on to lose 9-6 against Anderson. Peterson responded with a 8-3 win over Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships Championship title, Peterson earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $4,040CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 283.250 total points. Peterson ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	43	31	0	0.581	15-8	7-12	3-4	3-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	580	483	404	8.33	6.97	1.36	4.95	4.21	1.68	1.66	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	281	341	76	26	7-2	22-3	74-10	1.21	0.27	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	299	142	328	23	5-8	12-19	17-74	0.47	1.10	0.47	0.28

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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