Ma Reaches 2018 Oakville Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Xiu Yue
Ma

Third
Dongxu
Jiang

Second
Zhi
Ling

Lead
Jingyuan
Wang

Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Ma finished 3-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ma defeated Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) 4-3, then went on to lose 11-1 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Ma responded with a 8-3 win over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Strathroy, ON). Ma won 6-4 against Steve Holdaway (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Ma earned 16.812 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Oakville Fall Classic, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 65.469 total points. Ma ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.812 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant, Brian Chick
London, ON

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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