Pierce4-1 at 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

New Westminster, British Columbia

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Cody
Johnston

Second
Matthew
McCrady

Lead
Nicholas
Umbach

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	6.74
PA/G:	5.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 5-3, then won 5-2 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) and 6-3 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). Pierce won 6-2 against Jeff Berg (Vancouver, BC). Pierce went on to lose 7-6 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic playoffs earned Pierce 9.000 world rankings points. Pierce move up 11 spots after posting a net gain of 5.116 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with 51.402 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Pierce ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	26	12	0	0.684	4-0	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	289	246	182	8.51	6.30	2.21	5.02	3.84	1.70	1.64	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	139	172	31	17	5-0	11-1	37-5	1.24	0.22	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	150	74	151	16	2-5	4-10	11-28	0.49	1.01	0.51	0.31

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