Stella/Carle Reaches Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Olivia Stella/Andy Carle (Lafayette, CO) qualified for the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-7 against Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN).

Stella/Carle finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stella/Carle lost 12-6 to Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI), then responded with a 7-2 win over Audra Adams/Patrick Connolly (Cincinnati , OH). Stella/Carle won 9-6 against Jennifer Hamilton/Marshall Peterson (Columbus, OH) in their final qualifying round match.

Stella/Carle earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.500 total points. Stella/Carle ranks 241st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	2	0	0.667	0-0	0-0	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	40	50	43	12.50	10.75	1.75	5.50	4.50	2.27	2.39	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	19	32	9	0	3-0	2-1	5-0	1.68	0.47	0.53	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	21	18	34	0	0-5	2-1	4-3	0.86	1.62	0.18	0.48

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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