Benton3-5 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Medford, Wisconsin

Fourth
Ryan
Lemke

SKIP
John
Benton

Second
Jake
Will

Lead
Steve
Day

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	5.81
PA/G:	5.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

John Benton (Medford, WI) finished 3-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Benton defeated Peter Stolt (St. Paul, MN) 8-3, then went on to lose 8-3 against Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Benton responded with a 8-3 win over Sean Murray (Rochester, NY). Benton went on to lose 8-4 against Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN). Benton lost 6-4 to Derek Surka (New Haven, CT). Benton lost 6-3 to Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) where Benton responded with a 7-3 win over Ryan Berg (West Fargo, ND). Benton went on to lose 7-6 against Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 23 of the event schedule, Benton did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 130th place on the World Ranking Standings with 10.643 total points. Benton ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.030 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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