Wendling Runner-Up at Duluth Cash Spiel

SKIP
Wesley
Wendling

Third
Ethan
Sampson

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Wesley Wendling (Chaska, MN) lost 6-4 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held January 23 - 25 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Wendling won 7-2 over Joe Polo (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-5 over Tanner Lott (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Wendling are currently . In their opening game, Wendling plays Allory Johnson (St. Paul, MN) on Friday at 1pm and Abe at 9pm Allory Johnson (St. Paul, MN) on Friday at 1pm, Abe at 9pm Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI) on Saturday at 12pm and Carson McMullin (Eau Claire, WI) at 4pm.

With their runner-up finish at the Duluth Cash Spiel, Wendling take home 8.800 world rankings points along with the $4,763CDN prize. Wendling move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 8.087 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 60.802 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wendling ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.925 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	26	16	0	0.619	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	304	268	185	8.82	6.09	2.73	4.87	4.05	1.81	1.50	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	145	167	51	18	6-0	10-3	36-10	1.15	0.35	0.41	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	159	101	134	15	5-1	6-7	16-29	0.64	0.84	0.58	0.35

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