// CHAMPIONSHIPS // 2013 WORLD WOMEN'S JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
American ladies finish seventh
// CALENDAR
JULY 18-21 Arena National Championships, Fort Wayne, Ind.
NOV. 10-17 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Fargo, N.D.
NOV. 20-24 USWCA Senior National Bonspiel, Itasca CC, Grand Rapids, Minn.
DEC. 4-8 2014 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship,
Medford, Wis.
DEC. 11-15 Olympic Qualification Event, Fussen, Germany
DEC. 11-21 2013 Winter World University Games, Trentino, Italy
JAN. 8-12 2014 Women's Challenge Round, Grafton, N.D.
JAN. 8-12 2014 Men's Challenge round, site TBA
Team USA members (l-r) Miranda Solem, Vicky Persinger, Karlie Koenig, Chelsea Solem, and Cory Christensen.
ning note with a 7-6 victory over Japan in an ex- tra end March 7 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Te event served as the official test event for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Tis was the final game of the junior careers
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for both Solem (Cohasset, Minn.) and vice skip Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska). Other team members included Karlie Koenig (Delafield, Wis.), Chelsea Solem (Cohasset, Minn.), and Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.). Tey were coached by Mike Solem (Cohasset, Minn.) and John Benton (St. Michael, Minn.). Te team fin- ished with a 4-5 record for seventh place – the same record and placement as the U.S. men. “It was definitely the right way to go out,” Mi-
randa Solem said aſter the win over Japan. “My team played great. I’m so proud of them this week. We’ve had our fair share of struggles, but we stuck it out and end on a fabulous note.” Russia went on to win its second world junior
women's title as they defeated Scotland, 6-5, in an extra end to win the gold medal. Japan won the bronze medal. n
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iranda Solem and Team USA end- ed their journey at the 2013 World Junior Championships on a win-
Scotland Japan
Czech Republic Russia Sweden
Denmark USA
Switzerland Canada Norway
Playoff scores:
Gold medal: Russia 6, Scotland 5 (extra end) Bronze medal: Japan 8, Czech Republic 4 Semifinal: Russia 8, Japan 6
Page 1-2 playoff game: Scotland 4, Japan 3
Page 3-4 playoff game: Russia 4, Czech Rep. 2 Tiebreakers: Czech Republic 8, Denmark 4 Russia 8, Sweden 1 USA game results: Scotland 9, USA 7 USA 8, Norway 3 USA 7, Sweden 3 Denmark 7, USA 5
USA W, Switzlerand L (ran out of time) Russia 9, USA 3 Canada 10, USA 4
Czech Republic 7, USA 3 USA 7, Japan 6
Sportsmanship Award recipient: Sara McManus, Sweden
Gold: Russia
Silver: Scotland Bronze: Japan
Round robin results:
8-1 6-3 5-4 5-4 5-4 5-4 4-5 3-6 3-6 1-8
JAN. 16-19 2014 Continental Cup of Curling, Las Vegas, Nev.
JAN. 23-26 2014 U.S. Senior Men's National Championship, Portage, Wis. 2014 U.S. Senior Women's National Championship, Eau Claire, Wis.
JAN. 25-FEB. 1 2014 U.S. Junior National Championships, Seattle
FEB. 7-23 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia
FEB. 12-16 U.S. Senior Men's Curling Association Bonspiel,
Wausau, Wis. USWCA National Bonspiel, Broomstones, Wayland, Mass.
FEB. 15-22 2014 U.S. Club National Championships,
Two Harbors, Minn.
FEB. 26-MARCH 5 2014 World Junior Championships, Flims, Switzerland
MARCH 1-8 2014 U.S. National Championships, Aston, Pa.
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