Anderson/Stopera win MadTown DoubleDown

Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) won 7-6 over Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) in the Final of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial. In this the fourth edition of MadTown DoubleDash, hosting at the Madison Curling Club in Wisconsin, is also the home club of the Hamilton siblings. For Anderson (15-7 record in their third appeance) and Stopera (13-2 record in 2 appearances), this marks their first win at the event. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Stopera won 5-4 over Meagan Walter and Catlin Schneider of Winnipeg and Victoria, BC in the semifinals while the Hamiltons won 6-5 over Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres of Edmonton in their half of the 8-team playoff bracket. Anderson/Stopera won 10-9 over Vicky Persinger and Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in the quarterfinals, while Walter/Schneider won 8-4 over Germany's Emira Abbes and Klaudius Harsch and the Hamiltons won 8-6 over Cora Farrell and Coleman Thurston of Chaska. Walker/Muyres won 7-0 over Taylor Anderson and Ben Richardson of Chaska to round out the quarterfinals matches. Anderson/Stopera finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round, reaching the playoffs through the C-event bracket. In their opening game, Anderson/Stopera defeated Molly Hackett/Alec Hackett (Tremonton, UT) 7-2, then won 9-4 against Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN) and 8-1 against Farrell/Thurston to reach the A-Event Qualifier. Anderson/Stopera went on to lose 7-6 against Hamilton/Hamilton, dropping to the B-event where they lost 7-5 to Walker/Muyres. Anderson/Stopera responded with a 11-10 win over Rachel Kawleski/Connor Kauffman (Fargo, ND), then won 8-7 against Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.