Steinhaus4-3 at USA Men's Challenge Round

Fourth
Skyler
Slusar

SKIP
Nicholas
Steinhaus

Second
Ethan
Sampson

Lead
Mitch
Wilson

Nicholas Steinhaus (Mapleton, MN) finished 4-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Steinhaus lost 7-3 to Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH), then responded with a 11-0 win over Clayton Griffin (Roswell, GA). Steinhaus went on to lose 6-3 against Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, SD). Steinhaus responded with a 10-0 win over Jared Allen (Blaine, MN). Steinhaus won 13-6 against Kevin Kakela (Hansboro, ND), then won 7-2 against Imes. Steinhaus went on to lose 8-6 against Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Steinhaus earned 2.475 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 21 of the event schedule, Steinhaus did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 370th to 379th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.793 total points. Steinhaus ranks 418th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.119 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

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.