Stopera Advances To 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship Final

Briarcliff Manor, New York

SKIP
Andrew
Stopera

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Graem
Fenson

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	8.49
PA/G:	4.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Andrew Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, NY) is set to play Stopera in the Final Stopera advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship, held January 13 - 19, 2019 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. of the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship in Two Harbors, Minnesota; Andrew Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, NY) won 6-3 over Skyler Slusar (Hallock, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship, held January 13 - 19, 2019 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. of the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship in Two Harbors, Minnesota;

Stopera finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stopera defeated Charlie Thompson (Eau Claire, WI) 9-3, then won 6-5 against Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA) and 7-5 against Tyler Hipke (Wauwatosa, WI). Stopera won 8-2 against Slusar, then won 8-7 against Andrew McDonald (Hudson, OH) and 7-3 against Kevin Tuma (St. Paul, MN). Stopera won 11-5 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship Championship title, Stopera earned 17.635 world rankings points. For week 23 of the event schedule, Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Stopera ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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