Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta3-7 at U.S. Steel Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

Puerto Rico

SKIP
Israel
Acosta

Third
Kyle
Fisher

Second
Emmanuel
Pappaterra

Lead
Jonathan
Vargas

Games:	10
Record:	3W - 7L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta finished 3-7 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta defeated Hong Kong's Jason Chang 6-5, then went on to lose 12-2 against Guyana's Rayad Husain. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta lost 13-4 to Kazakhstan's Abylay Zhuzbay where Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta responded with a 10-4 win over Nigeria's Harold Woods. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta won 10-1 against Saudi Arabia's Amar Masalmeh. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta went on to lose 9-6 against P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN). Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta lost 10-8 to Thailand's Teekawin Jearateetawit. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta lost 9-1 to Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE). Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta lost 11-8 to Mexico's Diego Tompkins. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta lost 10-8 to Brazil's Marcelo Cabral de Mello in their final qualifying round match.

Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta earned 0.900 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta move up 67 spots after posting a net gain of 0.83 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 293rd overall with 1.182 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Puerto Rico's Israel Acosta ranks 231st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.900 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

2025: Jason Chang
Jason Chang, Ching Nam Cheng, Cheuk Hei Chung, Ronnie Ma, King Yu, Nathan Small
, HKG
2024: Marc Pfister
Marc Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frei, Benjo Delarmente, Miguel Gutierrez
Manilla, PHI
2023: Xiu Yue Ma
Xiu Yue Ma, Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Jiafeng Tian , Rui Liu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Rayad Husain
Rayad Husain, Jason Perreira, Baul Persaud, Khemraj Goberdhan
Georgetown, GUY

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