Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) won
6-1 over
Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held January 1 - 4, 2016 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. To advance to the championship game, McCarville won
9-1 over
Wisconsin's Erika Brown in the semifinals of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; and won
7-3 over
Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) in the quarterfinals.
McCarville finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCarville defeated
Norma O'Leary (Duluth, MN) 9-1, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Wisconsin's Erika Brown. McCarville responded with a
5-4 win over
Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON). McCarville won
6-1 against
Cory Christensen (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, McCarville earned
40.972 world rankings points along with the $8,339CDN first prize cheque. For week 20 of the event schedule, McCarville did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. McCarville ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
