Casper Reaches 2024 USA Curling National Championships Semifinals

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Daniel
Casper

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Chase
Sinnett

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	7.90
PA/G:	7.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) run at the 2024 USA Curling National Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to John Shuster (Duluth , MN). of the 2024 USA Curling National Championships in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States;

Casper finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Casper defeated Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) 9-4, then went on to lose 11-5 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI). Casper responded with a 11-6 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Casper went on to lose 8-5 against Shuster. Casper lost 7-2 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) where Casper responded with a 7-4 win over Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Casper won 9-6 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Casper earned 21.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling National Championships. Casper move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of -10.656 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 135.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Casper ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 135.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	21	0	0.667	7-5	7-2	3-1	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	440	380	284	8.64	6.45	2.18	5.11	4.05	1.69	1.60	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	203	259	54	20	5-0	22-5	52-7	1.28	0.27	0.43	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	237	121	230	17	4-6	5-15	17-39	0.51	0.97	0.57	0.33

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