Hopson/Tippett

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.00
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Hopson/Tippett finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hopson/Tippett defeated Vanessa Girard/Marco Fortier (saguenay, QC) 13-4, then won 6-3 against Marie-Claude Comeau/Simon Hebert (Valleyfield, QC). Hopson/Tippett went on to lose 6-5 against Marie-Pier Harvey/Sebastien Simard (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Hopson/Tippett earned 3.653 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.654 after improving upon their best so far this season. Hopson/Tippett ranks 244th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.654 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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