CHAMPION: Pekowitz Wins 2024 USA Curling U18 National Championships

Wayland, Massachusetts

SKIP
Julia
Pekowitz

Third
Megan
Stopera

Second
Addison
Neill

Lead
Alexandra
Pekowitz

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.02
PA/G:	4.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.55

Julia Pekowitz (Wayland, MA) won 6-2 over Natalie Hollands (Bowling Green, OH) in the Final of the USA Curling U18 National Championships, held January 11 - 14, 2024 at the Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, United States. To advance to the championship game, Pekowitz won 9-0 over Ella Wendling (Wausau, WI) in the semifinals

Pekowitz finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pekowitz defeated Nisa Keshwani (San Francisco, CA) 11-1, then won 8-3 against Ivy Neil (Philadelphia, PA) and 4-2 against Zoe Biesecker (Denver, CO). Pekowitz went on to lose 8-7 against Hollands. Pekowitz responded with a 9-4 win over Bella Hagenbuch (North Utica, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

Pekowitz 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
2024	10	5	0	0.667	2-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	117	105	73	8.97	6.24	2.74	5.30	4.27	1.69	1.46	0.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	56	68	21	3	4-0	4-0	12-3	1.21	0.38	0.38	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	61	37	52	2	1-3	2-2	3-7	0.61	0.85	0.63	0.44

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