Bear/Stopera2-3 at 2020 USA Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Stopera lost 11-3 to Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Massachusetts's Monica Walker/Alex Leichter. Bear/Stopera lost 12-7 to Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Chaska, MN) where Bear/Stopera responded with a 8-6 win over Cristin Clark/Chris Bond (Seattle, WA). Bear/Stopera won 7-1 against Christine McMakin/Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bear/Stopera earned 4.115 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.114 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bear/Stopera ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.386 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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