Leichter3-6 at 2018 USA Men's National Championship

Boston, Massachusetts

SKIP
Alex
Leichter

Third
Martin
Sather

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Jared
Wydysh

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
PF/G:	4.75
PA/G:	6.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) finished 3-6 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Leichter lost 7-3 to Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Tucker Smith (Bismarck, ND). Leichter lost 6-4 to Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA) where Leichter responded with a 8-1 win over Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Leichter won 6-5 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), then won 3-2 against Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN). Leichter went on to lose 6-4 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Leichter lost 9-4 to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Leichter lost 8-3 to Jed Brundidge (Sioux Falls, SD) in their final qualifying round match.

Leichter earned 3.612 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 140th place overall with 38.965 total points. Leichter ranks 125th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.965 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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