Walker/Stopera Runner-Up at 2022 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Monica Walker/Andrew Stopera (St. Paul, MN) lost 9-3 to Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI) in the Final of the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, held March 8 - 13, 2022 in Middleton, Wisconsin. To advance to the championship game, Walker/Stopera won 9-8 over Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Middleton, Wisconsin;

Walker/Stopera finished 3-0 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Stopera defeated Nicole Bookhout/Benjamin Randall (Madison, WI) 8-2, then won 6-2 against Anne O'Hara/Coleman Thurston (Fairbanks, AK) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 9-8 against Sinclair/Ruohonen to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, Walker/Stopera take home 29.752 world rankings points. Walker/Stopera gained 14.876 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 778thplace overall with 42.016 total points. Walker/Stopera ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.016 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	21	11	0	0.656	3-2	4-3	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	231	211	168	9.13	7.27	1.86	5.50	4.50	1.66	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	107	150	33	0	9-0	6-1	26-5	1.40	0.31	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	124	61	135	0	0-2	3-14	9-23	0.49	1.09	0.50	0.37

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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