Traxler Reaches 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship Semifinals

Fairbanks, Alaska

SKIP
Ariel
Traxler

Third
Emily
Quello

Second
Susan
Dudt

Lead
Rebecca
Rodgers

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	6.15
PA/G:	6.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, AK) run at the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Cait Flannery (Mankato, MN). of the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship in Two Harbors, Minnesota;

Traxler finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Traxler defeated Mackenzie Page (Burnsville, MN) 7-5, then went on to lose 8-7 against Annmarie Dubberstein (Portage, WI). Traxler lost 8-5 to Abbey Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND). Traxler lost 9-7 to Samantha Jones (Endeavor, WI) where Traxler responded with a 8-3 win over Suzanna Viau (Plover, WI). Traxler won 6-5 against Flannery, then won 7-6 against Elizabeth Cousins (Medfield, MA) in their final qualifying round match.

Traxler earned 10.901 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship. For week 23 of the event schedule, Traxler did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Traxler 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

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