Wendling Reaches 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling

Wausau, Wisconsin

SKIP
Wesley
Wendling

Third
Kevin
Tuma

Second
Caden
Hebert

Lead
Jackson
Armstrong

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	7.37
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) qualified for the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Wendling finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wendling defeated Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) 7-5, then went on to lose 7-6 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Wendling lost 7-3 to Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) where Wendling responded with a 11-2 win over Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI). Wendling won 8-1 against Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Wendling earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 114th place overall with 29.600 total points. Wendling ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	29	25	0	0.537	3-2	2-3	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	415	346	329	8.34	7.93	0.41	4.53	4.75	1.84	1.67	0.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	212	257	91	15	12-0	18-6	43-18	1.21	0.43	0.37	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	203	89	238	15	5-3	5-21	11-49	0.44	1.17	0.46	0.26

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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