CHAMPION: Sormunen Wins 2014 St. Paul Cash Spiel

SKIP
Aileen
Geving

Third
Tara
Peterson

Second
Vicky
Persinger

Lead
Monica
Walker

Aileen Sormunen (Blaine, USA) won 8-1 over Debbie McCormick (Rio, WI) in the Final of the St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 10 - 12, 2014 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, Sormunen won 6-5 over Michelle Montford (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2014 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won 7-4 over Kate Bert (St. Paul, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;

Sormunen finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sormunen defeated Joyance Meechai (Ardsley, NY) 9-2, then won 7-1 against Shelly Kinney (St. Paul, MN). Sormunen went on to lose 8-2 against Montford. Sormunen lost 7-3 to Minnesota's Lysa Johnson where Sormunen responded with a 9-5 win over Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, Sormunen earned 4.000 world rankings points along with the $2,696CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 17.822 total points. Sormunen ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.000 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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Winnipeg, MB
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Rochester, NY

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