CHAMPION: McCarville Wins 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Krista
McCarville

Third
Kendra
Lilly

Second
Ashley
Sippala

Lead
Sarah
Potts

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	4.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) won 7-1 over Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 29 - December 1, 2019 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, McCarville won 6-2 over Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 5-3 over Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

McCarville finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCarville defeated Potter 6-4, then won 5-4 against Hailey Beaudry (Thunder Bay, ON) and 5-3 against Cannon. McCarville won 6-5 against Minnesota's Cora Farrell in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, McCarville earned 32.601 world rankings points along with the $6,644CDN first prize cheque. McCarville move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 22.133 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 41st overall with 125.816 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McCarville ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.479 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

2022: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
Chaska, MN
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving
St. Paul, MN
2019: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
Thunder Bay, NONT
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
,
2017: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
Calgary, AB
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Courtney Chenier
Sudbury , NONT
2012: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Kelly Erickson, Stephanie Enright, Cori Morris
, AB
2011: Cassie Potter
Cassie Potter, Jamie Haskell, Jackie Lemke, Stephanie Bohan, Laura Roessler
St. Paul, MN

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