Manuel Runner-Up at 2020 USPORTS - University Curling Championships

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Matthew
Manuel

Third
Owen
Purcell

Second
Jeffrey
Meagher

Lead
Adam
McEachren

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.76
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) lost 8-5 to Matthew Hall (Waterloo, ON) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Manuel won 7-5 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 USPORTS - University Curling Championships in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;

Manuel finished 5-2 in the 8 team USPORTS - University Curling Championships qualifying round, held March 11 - 15, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Manuel defeated Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines, ON) 11-3, then won 10-8 against Mitchell Katcher (Brandon, MB) and 9-2 against Dylan Niepage (Guelph, ON). Manuel won 8-6 against Daniel Bruce (St. John's, NL), then won 8-2 against Ryan Grabarczyk (Regina, SK). Manuel went on to lose 6-4 against Sturmay. Manuel lost 5-4 to Hall in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USPORTS - University Curling Championships, Manuel take home 16.459 world rankings points. For week 34 of the event schedule, Manuel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Manuel 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
	6	3	0	0.667	4-1	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	85	66	45	7.76	5.29	2.47	4.82	3.76	1.61	1.41	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	42	43	12	10	1-0	5-0	7-3	1.02	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	43	23	33	2	0-0	2-2	1-6	0.53	0.77	0.65	0.42

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