Smith2-3 at US Men's Challenge Round

SKIP
Tucker
Smith

Third
Kyle
Kakela

Second
Erik
Jensen

Lead
Cameron
Ross

Tucker Smith (Rolla, ND) finished 2-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Minnesota's Josh Bahr 7-5, then went on to lose 10-4 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Smith responded with a 13-7 win over Bret Jackson (Brighton, MI). Smith went on to lose 8-2 against Hunter Clawson (Baltimore, MD). Smith lost 10-4 to Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 1.046 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 230th place overall with 10.480 total points. Smith ranks 192nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.655 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

Jenn Dodds and Bruce Mouat (Photo: World Curling) came from behind to shock Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson.

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