Brenden2-4 at 2022 USA Curling Junior Mens National Championship

Bismarck, North Dakota

SKIP
Zachary
Brenden

Third
Cayden
Kraft

Second
Owen
Nelson

Lead
Kyan
Ponzio

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	7.74
PA/G:	9.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND) finished 2-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brenden defeated Carter Henry (Portage, WI) 11-7, then went on to lose 7-6 against Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Brenden lost 10-1 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) where Brenden responded with a 12-5 win over Andy Charles (Portage, WI). Brenden went on to lose 8-6 against Dayton Neill (Rochester, NY). Brenden lost 14-5 to Ethan Sampson (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Brenden earned 1.496 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 94 spots the World Ranking Standings into 346th place overall with 1.496 total points. Brenden ranks 350th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.496 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	4	10	0	0.286	0-1	0-1	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	120	81	115	6.75	9.58	-2.83	4.00	5.42	1.69	1.77	0.58

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	64	66	41	3	2-1	5-3	14-6	1.03	0.64	0.34	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	56	15	74	4	0-2	0-6	3-15	0.27	1.32	0.43	0.21

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