Persinger4-0 at USA Mens Challenge Round

SKIP
Greg
Persinger

Third
Nick
Myers

Second
Sean
Murray

Lead
Tim
Gartner

Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK) finished 4-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Persinger defeated Steve Birklid (Seattle, WA) 8-6, then won 7-3 against Matt Stevens (Bemidji, MN) and 7-5 against Joseph Bonfoey (Duluth, MN). Persinger won 7-4 against Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Mens Challenge Round Championship title, Persinger earned 3.919 world rankings points, moving up 108 spots the World Ranking Standings into 175th place overall with 5.394 total points. Persinger ranks 139th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.919 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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