Birr Reaches 2018 USA Men's National Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
John
Benton

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) run at the 2018 USA Men's National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). of the 2018 USA Men's National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota;

Birr finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) 7-5, then won 8-5 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Birr went on to lose 6-2 against McCormick. Birr lost 8-1 to Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Birr lost 8-3 to Jed Brundidge (Sioux Falls, SD) where Birr responded with a 6-5 win over Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Birr won 8-4 against Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND), then won 7-5 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) and 10-4 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 20.470 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Men's National Championship, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 164.307 total points. Birr ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.903 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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