Bear/Stopera3-6 at 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
PF/G:	8.26
PA/G:	9.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.40
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

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

Bear/Stopera earned 7.415 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.414 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bear/Stopera ranks 117th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.414 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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