Powers/Saunders Reaches Mixed Doubles Super Series

Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) run at the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Mary Myketyn-Driscoll/Adam McEachren (Halifax, NS). of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Powers/Saunders advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN). of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax in Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Powers/Saunders finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Powers/Saunders defeated Lindsey Burgess/Todd Burgess (Truro, NS) 9-4, then won 6-5 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Powers/Saunders went on to lose 12-4 against Matsumura/Tanida. Powers/Saunders responded with a 10-5 win over Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON). Powers/Saunders won 7-5 against Marie Christianson/Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Powers/Saunders earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 40.750 total points. Powers/Saunders ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.000 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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