Sampson3-4 at 2023 USA Curling National Championships

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Kevin
Tuma

Second
Coleman
Thurston

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	5.83
PA/G:	6.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson lost 7-4 to Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN), droppimg another game, 8-7 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) where Sampson responded with a 6-5 win over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Sampson went on to lose 8-2 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Sampson responded with a 7-1 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Sampson went on to lose 7-1 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Sampson responded with a 8-5 win over Jason Smith (Nashville, TN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 6.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 95th place overall with 37.534 total points. Sampson ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.751 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	22	29	0	0.431	7-4	3-10	2-2	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	392	271	288	6.91	7.35	-0.43	4.41	4.16	1.57	1.77	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	184	195	65	25	3-1	12-7	41-9	1.06	0.35	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	208	76	223	31	0-8	2-16	19-42	0.37	1.07	0.47	0.25

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