Tuma Reaches 2020 USA Junior Men's National Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Kevin
Tuma

Third
Samuel
Clasen

Second
Michael
Mattson

Lead
Sidney
Harris

Kevin Tuma (St. Paul, MN) run at the 2020 USA Junior Men's National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, WA). of the 2020 USA Junior Men's National Championship in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States; Tuma advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-2 win over Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA).

Tuma finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tuma lost 9-6 to Sinnett, droppimg another game, 11-9 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) where Tuma responded with a 8-6 win over Benjamin Randall (Janesville, WI). Tuma went on to lose 11-4 against Violette. Tuma responded with a 8-4 win over Daniel Murray (Nisswa, MN). Tuma won 8-7 against Coleman Thurston (Poynette, WI), then won 6-1 against Daniel Casper (Briarcliff Manor, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior Men's National Championship, Tuma take home 8.621 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Tuma did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tuma 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

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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