Thiesse/Dropkin

Games:	12
Record:	11W - 1L
PF/G:	11.16
PA/G:	5.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Thiesse/Dropkin finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thiesse/Dropkin lost 6-5 to Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN), then responded with a 9-1 win over Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Thiesse/Dropkin won 9-4 against Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI), then won 7-1 against BriAnna Weldon/Sean Franey (Denver, CO) and 9-4 against Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Thiesse/Dropkin won 8-2 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN), then won 8-7 against Taylor Anderson-Heide/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) and 7-6 against Nina Roth/Kroy Nernberger (Madison, WI). Thiesse/Dropkin won 10-3 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Thiesse/Dropkin earned 45.000 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Thiesse/Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 35th to 38th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 41.626 total points. Thiesse/Dropkin ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.626 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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