Persinger/Casper4-5 at USA Curling Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials

Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Persinger/Casper defeated Anne O'Hara/Samuel Strouse (Fairbanks, AK) 7-6, then went on to lose 8-0 against Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Persinger/Casper lost 8-2 to Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) where Persinger/Casper responded with a 8-2 win over Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN). Persinger/Casper went on to lose 8-2 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Persinger/Casper responded with a 9-8 win over Delaney Strouse/Mark Fenner (Traverse City, MI). Persinger/Casper won 8-4 against Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN). Persinger/Casper went on to lose 8-2 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO). Persinger/Casper lost 8-2 to Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Persinger/Casper earned 3.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 2 of the event schedule, Persinger/Casper did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 631st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Persinger/Casper 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

Rachel Homan (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) and Xenia Schwaller both bounce back with wins in B-side action and will face-off Friday for a playoff spot.

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