Violette Reaches 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling

SKIP
Luc
Violette

Third
Graem
Fenson

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Riley
Fenson

Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) run at the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-4 loss to Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA). of the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; Violette advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-3 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). of the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Violette finished 3-2 in the 10 team Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. In their opening game, Violette lost 9-2 to Jed Brundidge (Minnesota), then responded with a 7-3 win over Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Violette went on to lose 7-2 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA). Violette responded with a 5-4 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Violette won 7-4 against Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Violette earned 14.093 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 70.293 total points. Violette ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.093 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	4	3	0	0.571	2-0	0-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	48	33	38	6.88	7.92	-1.04	4.58	5.21	1.50	1.52	0.21

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	26	26	10	1	0-0	2-0	5-2	1.00	0.38	0.28	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	22	7	28	0	0-2	1-2	0-1	0.32	1.27	0.71	0.23

2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
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

Thomas Ulsrud (photo by Celine Stucki / WCF) reunited this season with Torger Nergaard, competing this weekend at opening Norway Cup event.

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