Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON) won
5-4 over
Cathy Auld (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Listowel Womens Classic, held November 30 - December 2, 2018 at the Listowel Curling Club in Listowel, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won
6-5 over
Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Listowel Womens Classic in Listowel, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Jo-Ann Rizzo (Brantford, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Listowel Womens Classic in Listowel, Ontario, Canada;
Murphy finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Sherry Middaugh (Thornhill, ON) 9-2, then won
8-2 against
Jaclyn Peters (Ottawa, ON) and
5-2 against
Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON). Murphy went on to lose
6-1 against
Auld in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Listowel Womens Classic Championship title, Murphy earned
26.923 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Murphy move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 20.887 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with
132.671 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 24th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
102.493 points earned so far this season.
