Bear/Oldenburg7-2 at USA Curling Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	11.15
PA/G:	6.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Oldenburg defeated Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO) 9-5, then won 9-1 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) and 8-2 against Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK). Bear/Oldenburg won 10-4 against Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN), then won 6-5 against Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) and 8-0 against Anne O'Hara/Samuel Strouse (Fairbanks, AK). Bear/Oldenburg went on to lose 9-4 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN). Bear/Oldenburg responded with a 8-4 win over Delaney Strouse/Mark Fenner (Traverse City, MI). Bear/Oldenburg went on to lose 8-6 against Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, Bear/Oldenburg take home 12.500 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Bear/Oldenburg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bear/Oldenburg ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Edmonton’s Team Selena Sturmay solidified a berth into the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials, presented by Connect Hearing, with a 9-4 win over Team Kayla MacMillan (Victoria) in the third and final game of the women’s best-of-three final at the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Pre-Trials on Sunday afternoon.

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