Brenden3-4 at 2024 USA Curling Junior National Championships

Bismarck, North Dakota

SKIP
Zachary
Brenden

Third
Connor
Grabow

Second
Miles
Grabow

Lead
Owen
Nelson

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	7.62
PA/G:	7.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND) finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brenden defeated Aiden Fitzgerald (Fargo, ND) 10-8, then went on to lose 7-6 against Nicholas Cenzalli (Falmouth, MA). Brenden responded with a 10-2 win over Matthew Lannoye (Portage, WI). Brenden won 7-5 against Caiden Rose (Denver, CO). Brenden went on to lose 9-6 against Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Brenden lost 8-5 to Mason Guentzel (Saint Paul, MN). Brenden lost 8-4 to Ryan Church (Nashua, NH) in their final qualifying round match.

Brenden earned 0.563 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 348th place overall with 2.063 total points. Brenden ranks 351st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	10	0	0.286	0-1	1-0	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	102	64	81	6.27	7.94	-1.67	3.73	5.39	1.68	1.47	0.88

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	59	52	28	7	2-0	4-1	8-4	0.88	0.47	0.27	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	43	12	53	2	0-0	1-4	2-12	0.28	1.23	0.52	0.19

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