Thiesse/Dropkin Runner-Up at 2024 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	11.64
PA/G:	4.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.64

Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) lost 7-6 to Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) 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. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Thiesse/Dropkin won 9-4 over Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Traverse City, Michigan, United States;

Thiesse/Dropkin finished 7-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thiesse/Dropkin defeated Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI) 13-4, then won 7-2 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) and 9-1 against Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN). Thiesse/Dropkin won 8-2 against Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK), then won 6-4 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) and 7-1 against Becca Wood/Tony Kot (Denver, CO). Thiesse/Dropkin won 6-2 against Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, Thiesse/Dropkin take home 24.750 world rankings points, dropping 13 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 820th place overall with 91.938 total points. Thiesse/Dropkin ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	1	0	0.952	2-0	0-0	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	141	164	66	11.63	4.68	6.95	6.60	3.33	1.76	1.40	0.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	59	97	11	0	4-0	12-0	11-1	1.64	0.19	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	82	67	55	1	0-1	8-3	7-9	0.82	0.67	0.65	0.54

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