CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2025 USA Curling National Championships

St. Paul, Minnesota

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Tara
Peterson

Lead
Taylor
Anderson-Heide

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	9.26
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 7-6 over Elizabeth Cousins (Nashua, NH) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championships, held January 27 - February 2, 2025 in Duluth, Minnesota.

Peterson finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson defeated Allie Giroux (Chaska, MN) 9-3, then won 14-4 against Cousins and 8-2 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN). Peterson won 8-6 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI). Peterson went on to lose 9-1 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND). Peterson responded with a 9-7 win over Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN). Peterson won 8-6 against Courtney Benson (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling National Championships Championship title, Peterson earned 33.750 world rankings points. Peterson move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -12.969 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 98.001 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Peterson ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.001 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	38	34	0	0.528	8-1	1-3	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	577	457	395	7.92	6.85	1.07	4.71	4.33	1.68	1.58	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	272	327	80	21	8-1	23-2	61-14	1.20	0.29	0.37	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	305	130	315	34	4-4	7-19	20-72	0.43	1.03	0.50	0.26

2025: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Tara Peterson, Taylor Anderson-Heide, Vicky Persinger, Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2024: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2017: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA

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