Christensen Runner-Up at 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Sarah
Fenson

Second
Vicky
Persinger

Lead
Taylor
Anderson-Heide

Cory Christensen (Chaska, MN) lost 5-4 to Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Christensen won 7-6 over Madison Bear (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals

Christensen finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI) 6-3, then won 7-3 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) and 7-0 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND). Christensen won 7-4 against Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curl Mesabi Classic, Christensen take home 20.914 world rankings points along with the $3,883CDN prize, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 133.738 total points. Christensen ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.723 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	27	24	0	0.529	11-3	9-6	5-3	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	405	310	287	7.65	7.09	0.57	4.52	4.54	1.69	1.56	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	195	221	64	14	8-1	15-2	35-6	1.13	0.33	0.32	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	210	89	223	24	3-5	7-15	13-45	0.42	1.06	0.51	0.25

2022: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
Chaska, MN
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving
St. Paul, MN
2019: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
Thunder Bay, NONT
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
,
2017: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Calvert, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
Calgary, AB
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Courtney Chenier
Sudbury , NONT
2012: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Kelly Erickson, Stephanie Enright, Cori Morris
, AB
2011: Cassie Potter
Cassie Potter, Jamie Haskell, Jackie Lemke, Stephanie Bohan, Laura Roessler
St. Paul, MN

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) took down the reigning gold medalists to stay on pace for top spot in the pool.

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