Dropkin Reaches 2023 USA Curling National Championships Semifinals

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	7.62
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2023 USA Curling National Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-5 loss to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). of the 2023 USA Curling National Championships in Denver, Colorado;

Dropkin finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Casper 10-7, then went on to lose 9-5 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Dropkin lost 6-5 to Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) where Dropkin responded with a 8-1 win over Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). Dropkin won 6-4 against Jason Smith (Nashville, TN). Dropkin went on to lose 6-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Dropkin responded with a 8-5 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 23.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championships, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.375 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dropkin ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 207.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	55	35	0	0.611	8-5	11-10	2-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	685	508	452	7.42	6.60	0.82	4.31	4.26	1.72	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	334	381	97	50	14-1	19-4	84-15	1.14	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	351	127	355	48	4-12	9-14	15-67	0.36	1.01	0.58	0.23

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