Birklid4-5 at 2020 USA Curling National Championship

Mountlake Terrace, Washington

SKIP
Steven
Birklid

Third
Sam
Galey

Second
Matt
Birklid

Lead
Chris
Bond

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	7.25
PA/G:	8.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Steven Birklid (Mountlake Terrace, WA) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birklid lost 8-5 to Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA), droppimg another game, 10-1 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Birklid lost 9-6 to Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) where Birklid responded with a 7-3 win over Jed Brundidge (West St. Paul, MN). Birklid won 10-4 against Kyle Kakela (Rolla, ND), then won 7-6 against Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). Birklid went on to lose 10-5 against Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Birklid responded with a 7-6 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Birklid went on to lose 11-10 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Birklid earned 9.337 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 80 spots the World Ranking Standings into 168th place overall with 17.260 total points. Birklid ranks 168th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.260 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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