Smith3-3 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Jason
Smith

Third
Tim
Solin

Second
Matthew
Carlson

Lead
Dan
Ruehl

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	5.34
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) finished 3-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Craig Nicko (Blaine, MN) 8-7, then won 6-5 against Sean Beighton (Madison, WI). Smith went on to lose 5-4 against Chase Sinnett (Chaska, USA). Smith lost 7-1 to Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, SD) where Smith responded with a 8-6 win over Nicholas Steinhaus (Mapleton, MN). Smith went on to lose 6-4 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 1.856 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 160th place overall with 22.615 total points. Smith ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.750 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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