CHAMPION: United States's Daniel Bliven Wins 2023 USA Curling 5-Under National Championship

United States

SKIP
Daniel
Bliven

Third
Ben
Jurenec

Second
Justin
Kreuser

Lead
Austin
Zdroik

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.48
PA/G:	5.34
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

United States's Daniel Bliven won 8-4 over United States's Matt Mellin in the Final of the USA Curling 5-Under National Championship, held April 20 - 23, 2023 in Duluth, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, United States's Daniel Bliven won 9-6 over United States's Tyler Townsend in the semifinals of the 2023 USA Curling 5-Under National Championship in Duluth, Minnesota; and won 10-2 over United States's Alyssa Parks in the quarterfinals.

United States's Daniel Bliven finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, United States's Daniel Bliven lost 5-3 to United States's Tyler Townsend, then responded with a 6-4 win over United States's Erik Sanders. United States's Daniel Bliven won 5-4 against United States's Ben Hoppe, then won 7-4 against United States's Greg Gargano and 7-2 against United States's Sabrina Atkins- Brantley in their final qualifying round match.

United States's Daniel Bliven ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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