Smith Reaches 2023 MCT Showdown Semifinals

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Jared
Hancox

Lead
Justin
Twiss

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2023 MCT Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-1 loss to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 MCT Showdown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Smith finished 3-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Richard Muntain (Winnipeg, MB) 8-3, then won 9-4 against Devon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Smith went on to lose 6-5 against McDonald. Smith responded with a 8-2 win over Cyrus Brandt (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Showdown. Smith move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 3.875 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 101st overall with 31.687 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 104th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	24	0	0.467	2-2	2-1	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	309	224	210	7.25	6.80	0.45	4.56	4.37	1.59	1.56	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	154	170	43	18	3-0	13-1	32-6	1.10	0.28	0.35	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	155	54	167	15	1-2	2-12	7-37	0.35	1.08	0.49	0.26

2023: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson , William Lyburn
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Taylor McIntyre
Taylor McIntyre, Sam Good, Riley Smith, Jared Hancox
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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