CHAMPION: Hamilton/Hamilton Wins 2022 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) won 9-3 over Monica Walker/Andrew Stopera (St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, held March 8 - 13, 2022 in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Hamilton/Hamilton finished 3-0 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hamilton/Hamilton defeated Rebecca Rodgers/Samuel Strouse (Midland, MO) 10-5, then won 7-4 against Taylor Anderson/Hunter Clawson (Minneapolis, MN) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 9-4 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Chaska, MN) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Hamilton/Hamilton earned 40.571 world rankings points. Hamilton/Hamilton gained 40.572 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 778thplace overall with 52.930 total points. Hamilton/Hamilton ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.930 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	11	6	0	0.647	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
2022	122	123	84	10.08	6.89	3.20	5.66	4.34	1.78	1.58	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	58	72	26	0	2-0	10-0	8-5	1.24	0.45	0.34	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	64	51	58	0	2-3	1-4	11-9	0.80	0.91	0.50	0.50

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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