Strouse1-8 at 2019 USA Curling National Championships

Midland, Michigan

SKIP
Samuel
Strouse

Third
John Paul
Munich

Second
Andrew
McDonald

Lead
Ryan
Elwing

Games:	9
Record:	1W - 8L
PF/G:	5.73
PA/G:	8.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

Samuel Strouse (Midland, MI) finished 1-8 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Strouse lost 9-2 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA). Strouse lost 8-7 to Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Strouse lost 8-3 to Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) where Strouse responded with a 7-6 win over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN). Strouse went on to lose 9-2 against Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA). Strouse lost 7-6 to Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA). Strouse lost 9-8 to Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA). Strouse lost 6-5 to Scott Dunnam (Dresher, PA) in their final qualifying round match.

Strouse earned 1.973 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 27 of the event schedule, Strouse did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Strouse 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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