Maerki3-2 at 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling

SKIP
Dominik
Maerki

Third
Stephen
Dropkin

Second
Shawn
Banyai

Lead
Erik
Quistgaard

Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maerki lost 7-6 to Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO), then responded with a 7-3 win over Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH). Maerki went on to lose 6-5 against Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN). Maerki responded with a 9-3 win over Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN). Maerki won 11-6 against Jason Smith (Blaine , MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Maerki earned 2.769 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 151st place overall with 19.381 total points. Maerki ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.769 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

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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