Maerki5-4 at 2020 USA Curling National Championship

SKIP
Dominik
Maerki

Third
Stephen
Dropkin

Second
Shawn
Banyai

Lead
Erik
Quistgaard

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

Maerki earned 18.673 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Curling National Championship, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 84.521 total points. Maerki ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 84.521 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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