Bear/Oldenburg Reaches 2024 Madtown Doubledown Presented by Motus Financial Quarters

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	10.68
PA/G:	7.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2024 Madtown Doubledown Presented by Motus Financial playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS). of the 2024 Madtown Doubledown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Bear/Oldenburg finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Oldenburg defeated Melissa Fountain/Austin Fountain (Lafayette, CO) 8-4, then won 9-4 against Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER). Bear/Oldenburg went on to lose 6-4 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Bear/Oldenburg lost 9-8 to Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN) where Bear/Oldenburg responded with a 8-4 win over Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI). Bear/Oldenburg won 11-4 against BriAnna Weldon/Sean Franey (Denver, CO), then won 8-4 against Perret/Rios in their final qualifying round match.

Bear/Oldenburg earned 13.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Madtown Doubledown Presented by Motus Financial. For week 17 of the event schedule, Bear/Oldenburg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bear/Oldenburg 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

2024: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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