Brundidge Runner-Up at MCT Challenge

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Jed
Brundidge

Third
Timothy
Hodek

Second
Sean
Franey

Lead
Kyle
Richards

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.39
PA/G:	9.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN) lost 8-3 to Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Challenge, held September 8 - 10 at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brundidge won 9-2 over Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the MCT Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Brundidge finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brundidge defeated Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6, then went on to lose 10-2 against Maeda. Brundidge responded with a 5-4 win over Grassie in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Challenge, Brundidge take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 38 spots the World Ranking Standings into 147th place overall with 16.813 total points. Brundidge ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	18	0	0.308	0-0	2-1	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	159	101	176	6.35	11.07	-4.72	3.96	5.47	1.60	2.02	0.57

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	86	71	73	5	1-2	6-7	12-16	0.83	0.85	0.23	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	73	30	103	4	0-5	4-9	3-16	0.41	1.41	0.40	0.26

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