Bear/Stopera Reaches 2019 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel Quarters

Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2019 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Jolene Campbell/John Morris (Canmore, AB). of the 2019 MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Bear/Stopera finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Stopera lost 10-1 to Shannon Birchard/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 9-2 win over Kelly Luenenborg/Aaron Johnston (Denver, CO). Bear/Stopera won 5-4 against Gina Aitken/Scott Andrews (Stirling, SCO). Bear/Stopera went on to lose 7-5 against Cory Thiesse/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Bear/Stopera responded with a 9-1 win over Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN). Bear/Stopera won 6-4 against Alexandra Agre/Derrick McLean (Chaska, MN), then won 7-6 against Aitken/Andrews in their final qualifying round match.

Bear/Stopera earned 18.335 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the MadTown DoubleDown presented by Leinenkugel. For week 15 of the event schedule, Bear/Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bear/Stopera 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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