Anderson/Richardson

Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Anderson/Richardson finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Richardson lost 10-4 to Delaney Strouse/Mark Fenner (Traverse City, MI), then responded with a 10-3 win over Anne O'Hara/Samuel Strouse (Fairbanks, AK). Anderson/Richardson won 6-4 against Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Anderson/Richardson went on to lose 7-5 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Anderson/Richardson lost 6-5 to Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) where Anderson/Richardson responded with a 9-6 win over Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO). Anderson/Richardson went on to lose 8-4 against Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK). Anderson/Richardson responded with a 6-4 win over Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN). Anderson/Richardson won 11-2 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Anderson/Richardson earned 10.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Curling Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials. For week 2 of the event schedule, Anderson/Richardson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 631st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Anderson/Richardson ranks 249th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Saskatoon's Mike McEwen (photo: Anil Mungal, GSOC) won 8-3 over Sweden's Niklas Edin in Friday's B-Qualifiers.

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)