Christensen7-3 at 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling

SKIP
Cory
Thiesse

Third
Sarah
Anderson

Second
Vicky
Persinger

Lead
Taylor
Anderson-Heide

Cory Christensen (Chaska, MN) finished 7-3 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Christensen defeated Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) 9-1, then won 9-6 against Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC). Christensen went on to lose 9-5 against Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN). Christensen responded with a 8-5 win over Madison Bear (Chaska, MN). Christensen won 8-6 against Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis , MN). Christensen went on to lose 10-3 against Sinclair. Christensen lost 9-4 to Peterson where Christensen responded with a 8-4 win over Bear. Christensen won 8-6 against Strouse, then won 10-6 against Rhyme in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the US Olympic Team Trials: Curling, Christensen take home 18.026 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 112.824 total points. Christensen ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.809 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

Matt Dunstone (Photo: Curling Canada) and his Winnipeg-based squad begin play at the CO-OP Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alta.

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