Sampson Reaches 2023 Saville U25 Challenge Semifinals

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) run at the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Adam Elsenheimer (Edmonton, AB). of the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; of the 2023 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Sampson finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Kinley Burton (Edmonton, AB) 7-6, then won 6-4 against Jaxon Hiebert (Edmonton, AB) and 7-1 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 6.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saville U25 Challenge. Sampson move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 1.407 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 68th overall with 49.969 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sampson ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	23	0	0.549	1-1	4-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	375	295	264	7.87	7.04	0.83	4.64	4.37	1.70	1.61	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	179	188	71	20	6-0	14-2	33-16	1.05	0.40	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	196	107	193	17	3-7	8-11	13-35	0.55	0.98	0.53	0.34

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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