CHAMPION: Anderson/Stopera Wins MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	10.41
PA/G:	7.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) won 7-6 over Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) in the Final of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial, held January 4 - 7 at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland, United States. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Stopera won 5-4 over Meghan Walter/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; and won 10-9 over Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in the quarterfinals. of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Anderson/Stopera finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Stopera defeated Molly Hackett/Alec Hackett (Tremonton, UT) 7-2, then won 9-4 against Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN) and 8-1 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN). Anderson/Stopera went on to lose 7-6 against Hamilton/Hamilton. Anderson/Stopera lost 7-5 to Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) where Anderson/Stopera responded with a 11-10 win over Rachel Kawleski/Connor Kauffman (Fargo, ND). Anderson/Stopera won 8-7 against Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial Championship title, Anderson/Stopera earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $9,344CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 69.688 total points. Anderson/Stopera ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	23	6	0	0.793	3-0	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	203	219	141	10.79	6.95	3.84	5.57	4.38	1.94	1.58	0.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	97	159	34	1	12-1	12-2	16-5	1.64	0.35	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	60	107	0	1-1	5-10	8-17	0.57	1.01	0.58	0.37

2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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