Walker/Muyres Reaches MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial Semifinals

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) run at the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI). of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; Walker/Muyres advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-0 win over Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN). of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Walker/Muyres finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres defeated Kelly Danahey/Ben Allain (Denver, CO) 8-4, then went on to lose 10-8 against Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg (Chaska, MN). Walker/Muyres responded with a 6-4 win over Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI). Walker/Muyres won 9-2 against Ann Podoll/Nathan Parry (Fargo, ND), then won 7-5 against Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) and 6-4 against Anderson/Richardson in their final qualifying round match.

Walker/Muyres earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.124 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walker/Muyres ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 124.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	15	0	0.712	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	369	352	283	9.54	7.67	1.87	5.53	4.44	1.73	1.73	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	180	257	67	0	13-1	23-6	34-7	1.43	0.37	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	189	95	216	1	1-5	5-20	13-42	0.50	1.14	0.44	0.37

2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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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