Connolly2-5 at USA Curling National Championships

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Evan
Workin

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Nathan
Parry

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) finished 2-5 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly lost 10-3 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), droppimg another game, 11-2 to John Shuster (Duluth , MN). Connolly lost 10-5 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI). Connolly lost 8-2 to Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) where Connolly responded with a 8-4 win over Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). Connolly went on to lose 7-4 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Connolly responded with a 8-5 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 3.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Connolly move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of -0.141 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 97th overall with 24.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Connolly ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	18	0	0.486	3-1	0-4	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	244	165	211	6.76	8.65	-1.89	4.47	4.75	1.51	1.82	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	126	104	69	12	2-1	6-5	19-8	0.83	0.55	0.24	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	118	61	142	7	0-7	5-9	9-31	0.52	1.20	0.32	0.36

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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