Leichter4-1 at US Men's Challenge Round

SKIP
Alex
Leichter

Third
Martin
Sather

Second
Nate
Clark

Lead
Ryan
Hallisey

Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Leichter defeated Tim Funk (Madison, WI) 7-6, then won 7-4 against Lyle Sieg (Seattle, WA) and 7-4 against Jeremy Roe (Madison, WI). Leichter went on to lose 9-2 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Leichter responded with a 5-4 win over Heath McCormick (New York, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Leichter earned 8.893 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the US Men's Challenge Round, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 118th place overall with 33.371 total points. Leichter ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.432 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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