Birklid3-3 at 2021 USA Olympic Trials Mayfield Qualifier

SKIP
Steven
Birklid

Third
Sam
Galey

Second
Erik
Quistgaard

Lead
Matt
Birklid

Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 3-3 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birklid lost 11-8 to Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then responded with a 11-1 win over Benjamin Levy (Detroit, MI). Birklid went on to lose 8-2 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Birklid responded with a 10-8 win over Nicholas Connolly (Pittsburgh, PA). Birklid won 9-8 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Birklid went on to lose 9-4 against Birr in their final qualifying round match.

Birklid earned 2.692 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 109th place overall with 21.250 total points. Birklid ranks 99th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.053 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	5	6	0	0.455	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	83	73	81	8.80	9.76	-0.96	4.82	4.94	1.83	1.98	0.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	41	55	18	2	3-0	3-2	10-3	1.34	0.44	0.41	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	42	18	63	0	0-2	1-6	4-13	0.43	1.50	0.30	0.29

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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