Ostrowski/Johnson Runner-Up at 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup

Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN) lost 8-7 to Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 15 - 17, 2023 at the Cincinnati Curling Club in Cincinnati, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ostrowski/Johnson won 6-4 over Angie Jones/Nicholas Visnich (Cleveland, OH) in the semifinals of the 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; and won 6-2 over Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States;

Ostrowski/Johnson finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ostrowski/Johnson defeated Vanessa Williams/Tom Straub (Nashville, TN, TN) 11-4, then won 7-0 against Shannon Dunphy/Chris Perlson (Cincinnati, OH) and 10-3 against Flannery Allison/Michael Allison (St. Louis, MO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup, Ostrowski/Johnson take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $1,603CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.532 total points. Ostrowski/Johnson ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	14	0	0.500	2-0	3-4	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	172	145	142	8.43	8.26	0.17	5.23	4.77	1.61	1.73	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	79	83	46	0	4-0	6-4	10-8	1.05	0.58	0.25	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	93	62	96	0	0-4	6-9	9-14	0.67	1.03	0.48	0.44

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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