CHAMPION: Robinson Wins 2016 USA Men's Arena Nationals

SKIP
Mark
Robinson

Third
Nicholas
Visnich

Second
Alex
Visnich

Lead
Steve
Buffington

Mark Robinson (Pittsburgh, PA) won 9-8 over Jon Penney (Cincinnati, OH) in the Final of the USA Men's Arena Nationals, held May 10 - 15, 2016 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Robinson finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Robinson lost 5-1 to Christopher Doremus (Houston, TX), then responded with a 10-3 win over Nick Kitinski (Las Vegas, NV). Robinson won 10-3 against Robert Jennings (Indianapolis, IN), then won 11-1 against Nathan Adams (Cranston, RI) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week of the event schedule, Robinson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Robinson 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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