Birchard/Schneider Runner-Up at 2018 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel's

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	8.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Shannon Birchard/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-5 to Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) in the Final of the MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel's, held November 2 - 4, 2018 at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland, United States. To advance to the championship game, Birchard/Schneider won 8-7 over Chelsea Carey/John Morris (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel's in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; and won 7-4 over Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel's in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Birchard/Schneider finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard/Schneider defeated Maureen Stolt/Peter Stolt (Plymouth, MN) 10-9, then went on to lose 6-5 against Anderson/Dropkin. Birchard/Schneider responded with a 7-5 win over Taylor Anderson/Derrick McLean (Blaine, MN). Birchard/Schneider won 8-6 against Kalynn Park/Kraig Deeren (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel's, Birchard/Schneider take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $5,897CDN prize. For week 12 of the event schedule, Birchard/Schneider did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Birchard/Schneider 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

2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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