Sampson2-8 at 2012 US Curling Nationals

Edmore, North Dakota

SKIP
Owen
Sampson

Third
Ned
Sampson

Second
Tucker
Smith

Lead
Kyle
Young

Games:	10
Record:	2W - 8L
PF/G:	5.39
PA/G:	7.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Owen Sampson (Edmore, ND) finished 2-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Tyler George (Duluth, MN) 9-5, then went on to lose 8-3 against Craig Brown (Madison, WI). Sampson lost 7-3 to Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Sampson lost 10-6 to Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). Sampson lost 8-6 to Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN). Sampson lost 7-5 to Brady Clark (Lynnwood, WA). Sampson lost 8-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) where Sampson responded with a 6-4 win over Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Sampson went on to lose 6-4 against Blake Morton (McFarland, WI). Sampson lost 7-3 to Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 42 spots the World Ranking Standings into 221st place overall with 4.000 total points. Sampson ranks 161st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.000 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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