Birr Reaches 2018 USA Men's National Championship Semifinals

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
John
Benton

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	6.52
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) run at the 2018 USA Men's National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). of the 2018 USA Men's National Championship in Fargo, North Dakota;

Birr finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) 7-5, then won 8-5 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Birr went on to lose 6-2 against McCormick. Birr lost 8-1 to Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Birr lost 8-3 to Jed Brundidge (Sioux Falls, SD) where Birr responded with a 6-5 win over Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Birr won 8-4 against Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND), then won 7-5 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) and 10-4 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 20.470 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Men's National Championship, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 164.307 total points. Birr ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.903 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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