Rhyme/Smith3-6 at USA Curling Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
PF/G:	7.42
PA/G:	7.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN) finished 3-6 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rhyme/Smith lost 6-4 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Delaney Strouse/Mark Fenner (Traverse City, MI). Rhyme/Smith lost 7-6 to Anne O'Hara/Samuel Strouse (Fairbanks, AK). Rhyme/Smith lost 10-4 to Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) where Rhyme/Smith responded with a 7-6 win over Lexi Daly/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Rhyme/Smith won 10-2 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN). Rhyme/Smith went on to lose 5-3 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO). Rhyme/Smith lost 6-4 to Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN) where Rhyme/Smith responded with a 8-2 win over Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in their final qualifying round match.

Rhyme/Smith earned 2.813 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 2 of the event schedule, Rhyme/Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rhyme/Smith 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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