Anderson/Dropkin Reaches 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles Semifinals

Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-7 loss to Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN). of the 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles in Eveleth, Minnesota;

Anderson/Dropkin finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Dropkin lost 9-4 to Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK), droppimg another game, 10-5 to Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) where Anderson/Dropkin responded with a 8-6 win over Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN). Anderson/Dropkin won 7-6 against Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN), then won 8-5 against Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN) and 8-4 against Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI). Anderson/Dropkin won 5-3 against Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Anderson/Dropkin went on to lose 11-3 against Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Anderson/Dropkin responded with a 8-3 win over Sinclair/Ruohonen in their final qualifying round match.

Anderson/Dropkin earned 28.012 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 227.856 total points. Anderson/Dropkin ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.910 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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