CHAMPION: Strouse Wins 2022 USCA Junior Championships

SKIP
Delaney
Strouse

Third
Sydney
Mullaney

Second
Leah
Yavarow

Lead
Susan
Dudt

Delaney Strouse (Chaska, MN) won 6-5 over Sara Olson (Potomac, MD) in the Final of the USCA Junior Championships, held August 9 - 14, 2021 in Chaska, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Strouse won 7-5 over Samantha Jones (Endeavor, WI) in the semifinals

Strouse finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Strouse defeated Kenna Ponzio (Lakeville, MN) 14-3, then won 8-0 against Damaris Berg (Bemidji, MN) and 13-1 against Natalie Hollands (Bowling Green, OH). Strouse won 10-3 against Alina Tschumakow (Boston, MA), then won 9-5 against Andie McDonald (Tempe, AZ) in their final qualifying round match.

Strouse ranks 222nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	22	21	0	0.512	9-3	4-8	3-3	1-1	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	365	290	280	7.95	7.67	0.27	4.47	4.79	1.78	1.60	0.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	185	209	89	11	7-1	18-6	36-15	1.13	0.48	0.35	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	180	81	191	16	2-3	6-15	14-33	0.45	1.06	0.56	0.27

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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