CHAMPIONSHIPS U.S. teams finish 5th, 8th in Italy
USA's women's team finished eighth in Italy at the 2013 Winter World University Games in December. Team members included (l-r) Coach John Benton, Cory Christensen, Becca Funk, Anna Bauman, Mackenzie Lank, and Sonja Bauman.
Trentino, Italy, aſter a 4-3 loss to Norway in the tiebreaker game on Dec. 20 at the Baselga di Pine Ice Stadium. Plys (Duluth, Minn.) and teammates Stephen
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Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.), Sean Beighton (Seattle), Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.), and Tom Howell (Brick, N.J.) scored a single point in the third end and gave up two steals that allowed Norway’s Markus Hoeiberg rink (6-4) to take a 3-1 advantage late in the game. Te Americans (5-5) tied the game in the ninth end but were not able to steal the 10th
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clinched the win by scoring a single point to advance to the semifinals. Te U.S. men were coached by Phill Drobnick (Eveleth, Minn.). Sweden's Oskar Erickson rink went on to win the men's event with a 9-5 win over Great Brit- ain. Canada defeated Norway, 6-5, to earn the bronze medal. Te U.S. women's team of Cory Christensen
(Duluth, Minn.), Becca Funk (McFarland, Wis.), Anna Bauman (Duluth, Minn.), Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.), and Sonja Bauman (Du- luth, Minn.) finished the round robin with a 3-6 record to finish in eighth place. Te team was coached by John Benton (St. Michael, Minn.). Russia went undefeated in winning the
women's title aſter getting past Korea, 8-4, in the gold-medal game. Switzerland won the bronze with an 8-6 victory over Great Britain. Te 2015 Winter World University Games will be hosted by Grenada, Spain, and take place Feb. 4-14. n
hris Plys and the American men had their playoff trip cut short at the 2013 Winter World University Games in
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Switzerland Great Britain Korea
Sweden Canada Japan USA
China Italy
Te U.S. men finished fiſth at the 2013 Winter World University Games in December in Italy. Team members included (l-r) Chris Plys, Stephen Drop- kin, Sean Beighton, Korey Dropkin, Tom Howell, and Coach Phill Drobnick.
Round Robin Standings, Women: 9-0 7-2 6-3 6-3 5-4 4-5 3-6 3-6 2-7 0-9
Semifinals: Russia
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Great Britain 000 000 02x x – 2 Switzerland
Korea
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Bronze-medal game: Great Britain 002 010 201 0 – 6 Switzerland
Gold-medal game: Russia Korea
Sweden Canada
Great Britain Norway USA
Switzerland
Czech Republic Korea China Italy
Tiebreaker: *USA
Norway
Round Robin Standing, Men: 8-1 7-2 6-3 5-4 5-4 4-5 3-6 3-6 2-7 2-7
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Semifinals: Great Britain 110 210 101 x – 7 Canada
Norway Sweden
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110 020 310 x – 8 000 201 001 x – 4
USA round robin game results:
Switzerland 12, USA 0 Japan 10, USA 7 Korea 6, USA 2 Russia 9, USA 1 USA 6, Italy 5 Sweden 7, USA 2 Canada 5, USA 3 USA 8, China 6 USA 9, Scotland 2
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Bronze-medal game: Canada Norway
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Gold-medal game: Great Britain 010 010 021 0 – 5 Sweden
USA 7, Norway 4 USA 10, Czech Republic 4 Sweden 4, USA 1 China 7, USA 4 Switzerland 9, USA 4 USA 8, Great Britain 3 USA 10, Canada 3 Italy 5, USA 3 USA 7, Korea 4
012 103 100 1 – 9 USA round robin game results:
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