Bear Runner-Up at 2015 USA Junior Womens National Championships

SKIP
Madison
Bear

Third
Jenna
Burchesky

Second
Allison
Howell

Lead
Annmarie
Dubberstein

Madison Bear (Wayland, MA) lost 10-6 to Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) in the Final of the USA Junior Womens National Championships, held January 17 - 24, 2015 in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Bear finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear lost 7-4 to Christensen, then responded with a 9-4 win over Courtney Osbakken (Duluth, MN). Bear won 10-7 against Abigayle Lindgren (Grand Forks, ND), then won 5-3 against Sidney Schroeder (Midland, MI) and 5-4 against Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, AK). Bear went on to lose 11-5 against Melissa Runing (Mankato, MN). Bear lost 11-6 to Wisconsin's Tina Persinger where Bear responded with a 11-4 win over Sarah Calcutt (Highland Park, IL). Bear won 7-5 against Elizabeth Cousins (Wayland, MA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior Womens National Championships, Bear take home 5.000 world rankings points, moving up 126 spots the World Ranking Standings into 129th place overall with 5.000 total points. Bear ranks 93rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.000 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

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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