Sarah Anderson (curler)
Sarah Fenson is an American curler from Broomall, Pennsylvania. Along with her twin sister Taylor, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and 2021, and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
Career
Juniors
Anderson was a member of Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, playing third on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson was paired with South Korea's Go Ke-on. They lost their only match.Anderson won the 2015 and 2016 United States Junior Curling Championships playing third for Cory Christensen. The team represented the United States at the World Junior Curling Championships both years. At the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, the team lost in a tiebreaker, settling for fifth place. They had much more success at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, making it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.
Women's
Anderson made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 skipping a team of Courtney Slata, Kathleen Dubberstein and Taylor Anderson. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson was named as the alternate player for Team USA at that year's World Championships. She would not play in any games, and the team finished fourth.Anderson played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship skipping a team of Slata, Taylor Anderson and Emily Anderson. The team finished with a 4–5 record.
In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win.
After the 2017–18 season, Sarah and Taylor Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first season together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record. When Jamie Sinclair left to play curling in Canada in 2020, the team continued to play together, with Cory Christensen skipping the new rink. The Christensen rink started off strong, finishing second at the 2021 United States Olympic curling trials, losing to Tabitha Peterson in the final. The rink followed up that success by winning the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship, and represented the United States at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing 5th after losing in the quarterfinals to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg. When Christensen announced she would be leaving to join Peterson's rink, Sarah and Taylor Anderson formed their own rink alongside Lexi Lanigan and Leah Yavarow, with Sarah Anderson skipping the rink. The rink had a strong performance, finishing 3rd at the and second at the.
In 2024, Anderson announced that she would be joining the Delaney Strouse rink, alongside Sydney Mullaney and Anne O'Hara. In their first year together, they finished 6th at the. The following year, in 2025, Anderson announced that she would be stepping back from women's curling.
Mixed doubles
Anderson has represented the United States twice in her career at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. At the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with teammate Korey Dropkin, she finished second in her group, but lost in the quarterfinals. The pair also played in the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they went 6–1 in group play, but lost in the round of 16.Anderson started playing mixed doubles with Andrew Stopera in the 2022–23 curling season, where the pair found success, finishing 2nd at the 2023 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, losing to former teammate Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse in the final. Anderson and Stopera then won the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. At the US Olympic Trials, Anderson and Stopera went 7–2 in the round robin, and lost to Thiesse and Dropkin in a best of three games final to finish 2nd.