Hamilton/Hamilton Reaches 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Quarters

Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) qualified for the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska , MN). of the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan;

Hamilton/Hamilton finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hamilton/Hamilton defeated Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) 10-3, then went on to lose 8-5 against Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK). Hamilton/Hamilton lost 7-2 to Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO) where Hamilton/Hamilton responded with a 13-3 win over Melissa Fountain/Tony Kot (Lafayette, CO). Hamilton/Hamilton won 8-6 against Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN), then won 10-4 against Harley Rohrbacher/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH) and 7-3 against Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hamilton/Hamilton earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 709th place overall with 48.638 total points. Hamilton/Hamilton ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	12	6	0	0.667	3-2	5-0	0-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	132	134	85	10.15	6.44	3.71	5.76	4.24	1.76	1.52	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	57	71	28	0	1-0	10-0	12-5	1.25	0.49	0.40	0.40

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	75	63	57	0	1-2	4-2	10-13	0.84	0.76	0.48	0.56

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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