Kraft/Kraft Reaches Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) qualified for the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN). of the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States;

Kraft/Kraft finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kraft/Kraft defeated Molly Hackett/Alec Hackett (Tremonton, UT) 8-6, then won 7-2 against Angie Jones/Nicholas Visnich (Cleveland, OH). Kraft/Kraft went on to lose 6-4 against Becca Wood/Tony Kot (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Kraft/Kraft 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 10.312 total points. Kraft/Kraft ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.312 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	9	0	0.357	0-1	0-1	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	95	63	98	6.63	10.32	-3.68	4.11	5.89	1.62	1.75	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	57	49	46	0	1-0	5-3	7-11	0.86	0.81	0.23	0.51

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	38	14	52	0	0-2	0-3	3-13	0.37	1.37	0.33	0.29

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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