Smith4-3 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Bismarck, North Dakota

SKIP
Tucker
Smith

Third
Kyle
Kakela

Second
Stephen
Dropkin

Lead
William
Pryor

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.48
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND) finished 4-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 5-4 to Jed Brundidge (Sioux Falls, SD), then responded with a 6-4 win over Darryl Sobering (Broomfield, CO). Smith won 7-4 against Sean Murray (St. Paul, MN). Smith went on to lose 7-6 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Smith responded with a 8-6 win over Josh Moore (Mapleton, MN). Smith won 7-6 against Andrew Stopera (Evanston, IL). Smith went on to lose 10-8 against Dunnam in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 1.663 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 248th place overall with 12.819 total points. Smith ranks 296th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.447 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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