Powers/Saunders2-3 at 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Powers/Saunders lost 8-3 to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 6-3 win over Kimberly Tuck/Wesley Forget (Strathroy, ON). Powers/Saunders went on to lose 8-1 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Powers/Saunders lost 6-5 to Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) where Powers/Saunders responded with a 6-2 win over Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Powers/Saunders earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.376 after improving upon their best so far this season. Powers/Saunders ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	9	0	0.690	5-1	5-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	201	194	148	9.65	7.36	2.29	5.52	4.48	1.75	1.64	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	94	131	29	0	4-0	13-2	19-4	1.39	0.31	0.38	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	107	63	119	0	1-3	6-9	10-21	0.59	1.11	0.52	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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