CHAMPION: Maerki Wins 2018 Dakota Challenger Spiel

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Dominik
Maerki

Third
Shawn
Banyai

Second
Erik
Quistgaard

Lead
Matt
Wicklund

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	12.76
PA/G:	3.79
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Dominik Maerki (Minneapolis, MN) won 6-1 over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, SD) in the Final Maerki advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Dakota Challenger Spiel, held December 14 - 16, 2018 at the Dakota Curling Club in Lakeville, United States.

Maerki finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maerki defeated Brian Terwedo (Blaine, MN) 10-1, then won 6-4 against Brundidge and 7-4 against Paul Ellarby (Lakeville, MN). Maerki won 8-1 against Ryan Murphy (Chicago, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Dakota Challenger Spiel Championship title, Maerki earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $818CDN first prize cheque. For week 18 of the event schedule, Maerki did not improve upon their best events, improving from 189th to 184th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 17.406 total points. Maerki ranks 150th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.406 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

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