Bear4-3 at 2023 USA Curling National Championships

SKIP
Madison
Bear

Third
Annmarie
Dubberstein

Second
Elizabeth
Cousins

Lead
Allison
Howell

Madison Bear (Chaska, MN) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear lost 9-8 to Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND). Bear went on to lose 6-2 against Sarah Anderson (Chaska, MN). Bear responded with a 8-5 win over Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND). Bear won 8-1 against Miranda Scheel (Eau Claire, WI). Bear went on to lose 7-4 against Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis , MN). Bear responded with a 9-8 win over Kim Rhyme (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bear earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Curling National Championships, moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 50.269 total points. Bear ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	16	12	0	0.571	3-0	3-6	1-3	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	210	177	135	8.43	6.43	2.00	5.00	4.38	1.69	1.47	0.62

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	94	112	42	3	2-0	10-2	25-8	1.19	0.45	0.41	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	116	65	93	10	2-1	2-3	8-22	0.56	0.80	0.58	0.38

After a tight back and forth final, Rachel Homan (Photo: Curling Canada) stole two in the last end to win her first event of the 2024-25 season.

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