Jones/Mikush Reaches Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles Quarters

Olivia Jones/Dustin Mikush (Saskatoon, SK) qualified for the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 12-3 against Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Jones/Mikush finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones/Mikush defeated Meaghan Mallett/Brendan Jackson (Toronto, ON) 10-0, then went on to lose 10-4 against Sarah Bailey/Dylan Sipura (Georgetown, ON). Jones/Mikush lost 7-6 to Madison Kleiter/Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) where Jones/Mikush responded with a 7-6 win over Sydney Libbus/Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). Jones/Mikush won 7-6 against 's Allie Iskiw/Chloe Fediuk in their final qualifying round match.

Jones/Mikush earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 9.845 total points. Jones/Mikush ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	12	0	0.400	1-2	1-1	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	142	116	135	8.17	9.51	-1.34	4.93	5.07	1.66	1.88	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	71	76	44	0	3-1	6-2	11-9	1.07	0.62	0.28	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	71	40	91	0	1-5	0-8	10-12	0.56	1.28	0.43	0.38

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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