Clark/Birklid5-2 at USA Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	11.04
PA/G:	6.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Cristin Clark/Matt Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Clark/Birklid lost 7-6 to Logan Tingley/Ryan O'Neil (Fort Wayne, IN), then responded with a 11-1 win over Kelsey Ostrowski/Gary Mazzotta (St. Paul, MN). Clark/Birklid won 7-4 against Vicky Persinger/Jared Zezel (Fairbanks, AK), then won 8-4 against Allison Pottinger/Doug Pottinger (St. Paul, MN) and 6-5 against Jillian Walker/Sean Beighton (Seattle, WA). Clark/Birklid went on to lose 7-4 against Monica Walker/Jason Smith (Blaine, MN). Clark/Birklid responded with a 11-3 win over Stephanie Larson/Fred Maxie (Hollywood, CA) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 24 of the event schedule, Clark/Birklid did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Clark/Birklid ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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