Bronze for Rhyme/Smith at Colorado Curling Cup

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	11.11
PA/G:	7.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) won 7-6 over Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in the Bronze Medal game at the Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States. of the Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) won 7-6 over Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in the Bronze Medal game at the Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States. Rhyme/Smith lost 6-3 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; and won 6-2 over Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States;

Rhyme/Smith finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme/Smith defeated Becca Wood/Tony Kot (Denver, CO) 8-5, then won 11-4 against Melissa Fountain/Austin Fountain (Erie, CO). Rhyme/Smith went on to lose 8-6 against Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI). Rhyme/Smith responded with a 9-1 win over Lila Farwell/Caiden Rose (Golden, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Colorado Curling Cup, Rhyme/Smith earn 8.500 world rankings points and 1500CDN, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 21.250 total points. Rhyme/Smith ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	3	0	0.769	0-0	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	91	95	61	10.44	6.70	3.74	5.49	4.51	1.90	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	45	67	11	0	4-0	5-0	8-1	1.49	0.24	0.38	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	46	28	50	0	1-1	3-5	4-6	0.61	1.09	0.61	0.33

2023: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2022: Cora Farrell
Cora Farrell, Coleman Thurston
Chaska, MN
2019: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Korey Dropkin , Dave Jensen
Minneapolis, USA

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