Maerki5-4 at 2020 USA Curling National Championship

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Dominik
Maerki

Third
Stephen
Dropkin

Second
Shawn
Banyai

Lead
Erik
Quistgaard

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	6.98
PA/G:	7.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) finished 5-4 in the 10 team USA Curling National Championship qualifying round, held February 8 - 15, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Maerki lost 8-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA), then responded with a 10-1 win over Jed Brundidge (West St. Paul, MN). Maerki won 9-6 against Steven Birklid (Mountlake Terrace, WA). Maerki went on to lose 7-1 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA). Maerki responded with a 8-3 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Maerki went on to lose 8-7 against Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Maerki lost 10-6 to Kyle Kakela (Rolla, ND) where Maerki responded with a 5-4 win over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). Maerki won 9-8 against Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA) in their final qualifying round match.

Maerki earned 18.673 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Curling National Championship, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 84.521 total points. Maerki ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 84.521 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	5	0	0.500	3-3	2-2	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	86	60	61	6.98	7.09	-0.12	4.30	4.53	1.62	1.56	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	43	41	22	3	0-0	4-2	9-2	0.95	0.51	0.33	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	43	19	39	7	0-1	1-2	4-8	0.44	0.91	0.52	0.30

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