Artichuk Runner-Up at 2025 Northern Ontario Women's Provincial

Sudbury, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Emma
Artichuk

Third
Megan
Smith

Second
Jamie
Smith

Lead
Lauren
Rajala

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.67
PA/G:	5.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

After advancing directly to the championship game, Emma Artichuk (Sudbury, NO) lost 6-5 to Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NO) in the Final of the Northern Ontario Women's Provincial, held January 21 - 26, 2025 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Canada.

Artichuk finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Artichuk defeated Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NO) 10-3, then won 7-6 against Lauren Mann (Timmins, NO). Artichuk went on to lose 9-6 against McCarville. Artichuk responded with a 9-2 win over Ashley Palmer (Thunder Bay, NO). Artichuk won 7-2 against Laura Johnston (North Bay, NO), then won 8-3 against Claire Dubinsky (Kakabeka Falls, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Northern Ontario Women's Provincial, Artichuk take home 5.500 world rankings points, remaining in 49th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.375 after improving upon their best so far this season. Artichuk ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 58.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	23	17	0	0.575	5-1	3-0	2-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	297	222	215	7.47	7.24	0.24	4.58	4.38	1.63	1.65	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	151	166	69	16	5-2	10-5	36-12	1.10	0.46	0.38	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	146	56	146	15	0-2	2-13	10-23	0.38	1.00	0.57	0.29

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