Schweitzer/Hagberg2-5 at USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN) finished 2-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schweitzer/Hagberg lost 7-6 to Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK), then responded with a 9-2 win over Becca Wood/Tony Kot (Denver, CO). Schweitzer/Hagberg went on to lose 9-1 against Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Schweitzer/Hagberg responded with a 5-4 win over Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI). Schweitzer/Hagberg went on to lose 12-3 against Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN). Schweitzer/Hagberg lost 9-5 to Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN). Schweitzer/Hagberg lost 9-3 to Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Schweitzer/Hagberg earned 3.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Schweitzer/Hagberg gained 3.376 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 13 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 820thplace overall with 14.626 total points. Schweitzer/Hagberg ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.626 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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