CHAMPION: Anderson/Stopera Wins 2023 Colorado Curling Cup

Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) won 8-7 over Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) in the Final of the Colorado Curling Cup, held September 28 - October 1, 2023 at the Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, United States. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Stopera won 6-3 over Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; and won 6-2 over Lila Farwell/Caiden Rose (Golden, CO) in the quarterfinals.

Anderson/Stopera finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Stopera defeated Sarah Carlson/Ryan Carlson (Pewaukee, WI) 12-0, then won 8-2 against Renee Sobering/Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and 8-1 against Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN). Anderson/Stopera won 8-5 against Lorna Cagann/Matthew Sherry (Chicago, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Colorado Curling Cup Championship title, Anderson/Stopera earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Anderson/Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Anderson/Stopera 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
2024	23	6	0	0.793	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	203	219	141	10.79	6.95	3.84	5.57	4.38	1.94	1.58	0.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	97	159	34	1	12-1	12-2	16-5	1.64	0.35	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	60	107	0	1-1	5-10	8-17	0.57	1.01	0.58	0.37

2023: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2022: Cora Farrell
Cora Farrell, Coleman Thurston
Chaska, MN
2019: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Korey Dropkin , Dave Jensen
Minneapolis, USA

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