Christensen Runner-Up at 2018 USA Women's National Championship

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Sarah
Anderson

Second
Jenna
Martin

Lead
Taylor
Anderson

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.25
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) lost 6-5 to Jamie Sinclair (Blaine, USA) in the Final of the USA Women's National Championship, held March 3 - 10, 2018 in Fargo, North Dakota. To advance to the championship game, Christensen won 6-3 over Cora Farrell (Blaine, MN) in the semifinals of the 2018 USA Women's National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota;

Christensen finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Kim Rhyme (Blaine, MN) 8-3, then won 6-3 against Emily Anderson (Broomall, PA) and 10-6 against Christine McMakin (St. Paul, MN). Christensen won 8-4 against Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND). Christensen went on to lose 7-3 against Farrell. Christensen lost 8-5 to Sinclair where Christensen responded with a 7-2 win over Beth Podoll (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Women's National Championship, Christensen take home 14.735 world rankings points. Christensen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.611 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 232.809 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Christensen ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 137.663 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

Bottcher Out!

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

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