Anderson/Stopera Runner-Up at 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.72
PA/G:	7.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) lost 8-3 to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, held February 28 - March 5, 2023 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Stopera won 8-7 over Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK) in the semifinals of the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and won 6-5 over Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan;

Anderson/Stopera finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Stopera defeated Sydney Mullaney/Chase Sinnett (Chaska, MN) 7-4, then went on to lose 11-7 against Thiesse/Dropkin. Anderson/Stopera responded with a 7-3 win over Ann Podoll/Nathan Parry (Fargo, ND). Anderson/Stopera won 7-4 against Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska , MN). Anderson/Stopera went on to lose 9-8 against Delaney Strouse/Daniel Casper (Minneapolis , MN). Anderson/Stopera responded with a 8-2 win over Nicole Bookhout/Dan Wiza (Madison, WI). Anderson/Stopera won 7-3 against Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson , WI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, Anderson/Stopera take home 33.000 world rankings points, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 709th place overall with 75.699 total points. Anderson/Stopera ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	20	10	0	0.667	10-0	1-3	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	208	216	144	10.38	6.92	3.46	5.58	4.42	1.86	1.57	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	99	152	31	0	8-0	8-1	29-8	1.54	0.31	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	109	64	113	0	4-2	3-8	7-19	0.59	1.04	0.59	0.35

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