CHAMPION: Rhyme Wins 2023 MCT Curling Cup

SKIP
Kim
Rhyme

Third
Libby
Brundage

Second
Cait
Flannery

Lead
Katie
Rhyme

Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) won 7-6 over Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Curling Cup, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Rhyme won 10-0 over Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Rhyme finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme defeated Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) 7-2, then won 7-5 against Christine McMakin (Minneapolis, MN) and 7-5 against Katy Lukowich (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Curling Cup Championship title, Rhyme earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Rhyme move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 6.984 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 75th overall with 34.562 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rhyme ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	19	0	0.457	1-5	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	226	171	169	7.57	7.48	0.09	4.60	4.51	1.64	1.66	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	116	116	57	11	0-1	8-3	29-14	1.00	0.49	0.35	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	110	55	112	9	2-1	2-7	12-27	0.50	1.02	0.49	0.30

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