Ulsrud Runner-Up at 2020 Norwegian National Men's Championship

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Thomas
Ulsrud

Third
Steffen
Walstad

Second
Markus
Hoiberg

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	4.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Thomas Ulsrud (Oppdal, NOR) lost 7-4 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the Final of the Norwegian National Men's Championship, held March 5 - 8, 2020 in Oslo, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won 10-3 over Grunde Buras (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals

Ulsrud finished 5-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated Rune Steen Hansen (Hedmarken, NOR) 9-1, then won 7-2 against Evan Ugland (Christiansand, NOR) and 7-2 against Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR). Ulsrud won 6-3 against Eirik Oy (Trondheim, NOR), then won 8-7 against Steffen R. Mellemseter (Oppdal, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Norwegian National Men's Championship, Ulsrud take home 16.459 world rankings points. Ulsrud move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 14.064 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 129.878 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ulsrud ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 129.878 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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