CHAMPION: Schweitzer/Hagberg Wins Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup

Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN) won 8-7 over Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 15 - 17 at the Cincinnati Curling Club in Cincinnati, United States. To advance to the championship game, Schweitzer/Hagberg won 10-7 over Joyce McLaren/Kevin Mechenbier (Denver, CO) in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; and won 10-7 over Olivia Stella/Andy Carle (Lafayette, CO) in the quarterfinals.

Schweitzer/Hagberg finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schweitzer/Hagberg defeated Erin Dunphy/Ishan Sethi (Cincinnati, OH) 11-2, then won 13-1 against Nicole Lee/Liam Brady (Kansas City, MO) and 7-6 against Julie Benson/Bret Jackson (Northville, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Schweitzer/Hagberg earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $2,405CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 3.750 total points. Schweitzer/Hagberg ranks 163rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	9	0	0.640	2-0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	172	167	150	9.71	8.72	0.99	5.17	4.83	1.88	1.81	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	88	112	50	0	8-1	7-3	15-9	1.27	0.57	0.34	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	84	55	100	0	1-6	5-8	9-13	0.65	1.19	0.47	0.39

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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