CHAMPION: Peterson Wins 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Tabitha
Peterson

Third
Nina
Roth

Second
Rebecca
Hamilton

Lead
Tara
Peterson

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) won 5-4 over Cory Christensen (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held December 17 - 19, 2021 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Peterson won 5-3 over Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Peterson finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterson lost 7-5 to Madison Bear (Chaska, MN), then responded with a 11-1 win over Sara Olson (Potomac, MD). Peterson won 5-4 against Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN), then won 7-1 against Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis , MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Peterson earned 28.519 world rankings points along with the $5,178CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 8th place overall with 284.438 total points. Peterson ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 161.725 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	38	18	0	0.679	7-4	11-4	2-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	433	383	279	8.85	6.44	2.40	5.08	4.32	1.74	1.49	0.60

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	206	263	55	22	6-0	17-3	60-10	1.28	0.27	0.45	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	227	120	224	4	4-4	6-9	19-46	0.53	0.99	0.60	0.33

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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