Stopera Finishes Fourth at 2024 Pan-Continental Championships

Duluth, Minnesota

Fourth
Korey
Dropkin

SKIP
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	7.82
PA/G:	5.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Andrew Stopera (Duluth, MN) lost 9-6 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Pan-Continental Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia. of the 2024 Pan-Continental Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia; Andrew Stopera (Duluth, MN) lost 9-6 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Pan-Continental Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia. Stopera lost 8-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Stopera are currently 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stopera defeated Rayad Husain (Georgetown, GUY) 19-0, then won 8-2 against Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE). Stopera went on to lose 7-5 against Gushue. Stopera responded with a 8-3 win over Australia's Jay Merchant. Stopera went on to lose 8-3 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Stopera lost 4-2 to Yanagisawa where Stopera responded with a 7-2 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). In their next game, Stopera plays.

With their fourth place finish at the Pan-Continental Championships, Stopera take home 15.000 world rankings points, remaining in 12th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Stopera ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 68.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	31	0	0.516	13-4	4-6	1-2	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	476	361	311	7.58	6.53	1.05	4.52	3.95	1.68	1.65	1.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	241	257	56	44	3-0	13-5	64-6	1.07	0.23	0.41	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	235	104	255	29	2-6	12-18	15-51	0.44	1.09	0.49	0.25

2024: Xiao Ming Xu
Xiao Ming Xu, Xueqing Fei, Zhi Yu Wang, Zhichao Li, Jianjun Ye, Weidong Tan
Beijing, CHN
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker, Jim Cotter, Caleb Flaxey
St. John's, CAN
2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker, Nathan Young
St. John's, CAN

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