CHAMPION: Hamilton/Hamilton Wins 2024 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	10.38
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) won 7-6 over Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, held February 27 - March 3, 2024 at the Traverse City Curling Club in Traverse City, United States. To advance to the championship game, Hamilton/Hamilton won 8-7 over Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2024 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Traverse City, Michigan, United States; and won 7-6 over Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Traverse City, Michigan, United States;

Hamilton/Hamilton finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hamilton/Hamilton defeated BriAnna Weldon/Sean Franey (Denver, CO) 8-4, then went on to lose 7-5 against Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton lost 10-6 to Anderson/Richardson where Hamilton/Hamilton responded with a 10-3 win over Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN). Hamilton/Hamilton won 8-4 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN), then won 7-4 against Ann Podoll/Nathan Parry (Fargo, ND) and 8-3 against Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Hamilton/Hamilton earned 33.750 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Hamilton/Hamilton did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 88th to 90th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.500 total points. Hamilton/Hamilton ranks 90th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	9	3	0	0.750	0-0	1-0	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	85	85	57	10.00	6.71	3.29	5.65	4.35	1.77	1.54	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	40	57	12	0	1-0	7-0	9-1	1.43	0.30	0.43	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	45	28	45	0	0-3	2-2	5-5	0.62	1.00	0.62	0.42

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Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo (photo: Connor Hood/Curling Canada) win the FISU Mixed Doubles Qualifier and will represent Canada at the World University Games in Italy, January 2025.

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