Smith1-3 at 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Jason
Smith

Third
Tim
Solin

Second
Matthew
Carlson

Lead
Dan
Ruehl

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.45
PA/G:	6.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) finished 1-3 in the 11 team ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling qualifying round, held December 28 - 31, 2018 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. In their opening game, Smith lost 8-6 to Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then responded with a 7-1 win over Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Smith went on to lose 7-4 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Smith lost 4-3 to Sean Beighton (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 0.950 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Smith gained -1.338 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 164thplace overall with 20.759 total points. Smith ranks 173rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.894 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	1	3	0	0.250	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	31	20	20	6.45	6.45	0.00	4.19	4.52	1.54	1.43	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	17	14	8	2	0-0	1-1	2-1	0.82	0.47	0.20	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	14	6	12	2	0-0	1-0	1-3	0.43	0.86	0.67	0.21

2018: SooHyuk Kim
SooHyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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