Hamilton/Hamilton

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	8.40
PA/G:	7.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.43
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Hamilton/Hamilton finished 5-4 in the 10 team US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held October 25 - 31 in , . In their opening game, Hamilton/Hamilton defeated Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN) 6-5, then went on to lose 8-3 against Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton responded with a 11-4 win over Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Hamilton/Hamilton won 8-4 against Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton went on to lose 7-6 against Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK). Hamilton/Hamilton lost 8-4 to Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) where Hamilton/Hamilton responded with a 10-4 win over Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton went on to lose 8-5 against Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton responded with a 5-2 win over Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hamilton/Hamilton earned 12.358 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 697th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 36.866 total points. Hamilton/Hamilton ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.358 points earned so far this season.

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

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	75	63	58	8.40	7.73	0.67	5.20	4.80	1.62	1.61	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	37	38	20	0	1-0	6-0	2-4	1.03	0.54	0.24	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	38	25	38	0	1-3	0-3	4-3	0.66	1.00	0.55	0.47

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