Derksen Reaches Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Quarters

Martensville, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Dylan
Derksen

Third
Logan
Sawicki

Second
Tyler
Derksen

Lead
Gavin
Martens

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	9.58
PA/G:	9.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Dylan Derksen (Martensville, SK) qualified for the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-4 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN).

Derksen finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Derksen lost 8-4 to Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 7-3 win over Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Derksen won 8-2 against Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Derksen earned 7.200 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 90th place overall with 26.741 total points. Derksen ranks 78th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.475 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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