Burchesky/Richardson2-7 at US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles

Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) finished 2-7 in the 10 team US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held October 25 - 31 in , . In their opening game, Burchesky/Richardson defeated Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) 8-6, then went on to lose 9-2 against Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK). Burchesky/Richardson responded with a 8-6 win over Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Burchesky/Richardson went on to lose 7-6 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Burchesky/Richardson lost 7-5 to Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Burchesky/Richardson lost 7-5 to Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Burchesky/Richardson lost 9-8 to Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). Burchesky/Richardson lost 8-7 to Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN). Burchesky/Richardson lost 5-2 to Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Burchesky/Richardson earned 4.943 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 697th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.944 after improving upon their best so far this season. Burchesky/Richardson ranks 115th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.238 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	2	7	0	0.222	0-2	2-5	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	71	51	64	7.18	9.01	-1.83	4.51	5.49	1.59	1.64	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	35	40	11	0	1-0	1-0	10-0	1.14	0.31	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	36	11	53	0	0-2	0-5	3-8	0.31	1.47	0.46	0.22

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