Christensen Reaches 2019 USA Curling National Championships Semifinals

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Vicky
Persinger

Second
Jenna
Martin

Lead
Madison
Bear

Cory Christensen (Duluth, USA) run at the 2019 USA Curling National Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Nina Roth (Madison, USA). of the 2019 USA Curling National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan;

Christensen finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Annmarie Dubberstein (Portage, WI) 8-4, then won 11-5 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN). Christensen went on to lose 8-7 against Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Christensen responded with a 9-5 win over Stephanie Senneker (Port Huron, MI). Christensen went on to lose 10-3 against Roth. Christensen responded with a 10-8 win over Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND). Christensen won 8-7 against Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) in their final qualifying round match.

Christensen earned 21.803 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championships. For week 27 of the event schedule, Christensen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Christensen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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