Walker/Leichter4-5 at 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	8.55
PA/G:	8.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Leichter lost 8-6 to Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). Walker/Leichter lost 11-4 to Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) where Walker/Leichter responded with a 6-5 win over Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Walker/Leichter won 10-5 against Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN), then won 9-5 against Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Walker/Leichter went on to lose 5-3 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Walker/Leichter lost 6-5 to Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK) where Walker/Leichter responded with a 11-7 win over Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Walker/Leichter earned 9.887 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.886 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walker/Leichter ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.140 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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