Peterson/Polo

Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Peterson/Polo finished 5-4 in the 10 team US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held October 25 - 31, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Peterson/Polo defeated Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) 9-3, then won 5-2 against Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Peterson/Polo went on to lose 8-6 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Peterson/Polo responded with a 9-4 win over Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK). Peterson/Polo went on to lose 10-5 against Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Peterson/Polo lost 6-4 to Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). Peterson/Polo lost 10-4 to Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) where Peterson/Polo responded with a 8-7 win over Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN). Peterson/Polo won 7-2 against Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Peterson/Polo earned 19.773 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles, remaining in 697th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 19.774 after improving upon their best so far this season. Peterson/Polo ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	6	5	0	0.545	3-0	2-4	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	82	70	63	8.54	7.68	0.85	5.12	4.88	1.67	1.58	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	39	52	22	0	3-1	7-0	4-5	1.33	0.56	0.36	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	43	18	41	0	0-2	0-2	1-5	0.42	0.95	0.65	0.40

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