CHAMPION: McCarville Wins KW Fall Classic

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Krista
McCarville

Third
Andrea
Kelly

Second
Kendra
Lilly

Lead
Ashley
Sippala

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) won 7-3 over Rebecca Morrison (stirling, GBR) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 14 - 17 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McCarville won 7-3 over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon , KOR) in the semifinals of the KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-3 over Susan Froud (Alliston, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

McCarville finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCarville defeated Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) 7-5, then won 8-5 against Tori Zemmelink (Guelph , ON). McCarville went on to lose 6-3 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). McCarville responded with a 10-3 win over Sarah Bailey (St. Catharines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, McCarville earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $3,300CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 37th place overall with 104.150 total points. McCarville ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	17	0	0.679	10-6	8-5	2-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	398	331	231	8.32	5.80	2.51	5.05	4.05	1.65	1.43	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	184	222	54	15	5-1	13-3	49-6	1.21	0.29	0.40	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	214	109	177	21	1-1	7-6	21-40	0.51	0.83	0.61	0.33

2023: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Andrea Kelly, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Rick Lang
Thunder Bay, NONT
2022: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano, JPN
2021: Kerry Galusha
Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Megan Koehler, Shona Barbour
Yellowknife, NT
2020: Susan Froud
Susan Froud, Kristina Brauch, Kaelyn Gregory, Karen Rowsell, Katie McLaughlin
Alliston, ON
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2014: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Cheryl McPherson, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2013: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Cheryl McPherson, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale, Christy Trombley
Toronto, ON
2012: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm
Madison, WI
2011: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2010: Kathy Brown
Kathy Brown, Janet Langevin, Abbie Darnley, Margie Hewitt
Guelph, ON
2009: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2008: Carrie Delahunt
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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