Traxler Reaches 2020 USA Curling National Championship Semifinals

Fourth
Elizabeth
Cousins

Third
Katherine
Gourianova

Second
Elizabeth
Janiak

SKIP
Ariel
Traxler

Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) run at the 2020 USA Curling National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 11-5 loss to Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC). of the 2020 USA Curling National Championship in Spokane, Washington;

Traxler finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Traxler lost 5-2 to Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN). Traxler lost 8-2 to Sinclair where Traxler responded with a 6-5 win over Patti Lank (St. Paul, MN). Traxler won 8-7 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND), then won 11-2 against Delaney Strouse (Malvern, PA) and 9-7 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Traxler earned 21.258 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championship, moving up 71 spots the World Ranking Standings into 100th place overall with 28.957 total points. Traxler ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.957 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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