Connolly5-4 at 2016 USA Junior National Championships

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Aaron
Carlson

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Jack
Frank

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly defeated Andrew McDonald (Midland, MI) 9-3, then won 12-6 against Josh Moore (Duluth, MN). Connolly went on to lose 7-4 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Connolly responded with a 7-5 win over Robert Shlimovitz (Portage, WI). Connolly won 8-4 against Chase Sinnett (Wayland, MA). Connolly went on to lose 5-3 against Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Connolly lost 9-2 to Hunter Clawson (Clarksville, MD) where Connolly responded with a 11-5 win over Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND). Connolly went on to lose 11-6 against Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 6.113 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Junior National Championships. For week of the event schedule, Connolly did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Connolly 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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