Rhyme2-5 at 2025 USA Curling National Championships

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fourth
Cait
Flannery

SKIP
Kim
Rhyme

Second
Libby
Brundage

Lead
Katie
Rhyme

Games:	7
Record:	2W - 5L
PF/G:	5.00
PA/G:	7.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.00
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme lost 8-4 to Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN). Rhyme lost 8-2 to Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) where Rhyme responded with a 7-4 win over Allie Giroux (Chaska, MN). Rhyme won 7-4 against Courtney Benson (Duluth, MN). Rhyme went on to lose 7-4 against Elizabeth Cousins (Nashua, NH). Rhyme lost 9-3 to Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Rhyme earned 3.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 84th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -2.735 after improving upon their best so far this season. Rhyme ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	14	18	0	0.438	2-2	2-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	228	152	187	6.67	8.20	-1.54	4.52	4.47	1.48	1.83	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	111	105	57	11	1-3	9-2	13-11	0.95	0.51	0.23	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	117	47	130	12	0-7	1-8	9-23	0.40	1.11	0.45	0.31

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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