Rizzo Reaches 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Quarters

SKIP
Jo-Ann
Rizzo

Third
Lee
Merklinger

Second
Stephanie
Mumford

Lead
Leigh
Armstrong

Jo-Ann Rizzo (Coldwater, ON) qualified for the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Nina Roth (Blaine, USA). of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Rizzo finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rizzo defeated Minnesota's Courtney George 8-2, then won 7-3 against Brett Barber (Biggar, SK) and 5-2 against Roth. Rizzo went on to lose 7-2 against Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Rizzo earned 17.559 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.341 after improving upon their best so far this season. Rizzo ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 151.914 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2022: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim , Sungjun Lee
Chuncheon, KOR
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
St. Paul, MN
2019: Tabitha Peterson
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, Aileen Geving, Tara Peterson
McFarland , USA
2017: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2016: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT

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