Immonen5-1 at Mixed Doubles World Qualifier

Lotta Immonen (Espoo, FIN) finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Immonen defeated Elina Virtaala (Jeonsuu, FIN) 11-6, then won 10-3 against Ulla Saastamoinen (Jeonsuu, FIN). Immonen went on to lose 8-5 against Virtaala. Immonen responded with a 9-2 win over Saastamoinen. Immonen won 9-5 against Virtaala, then won 11-2 against Saastamoinen in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles World Qualifier Championship title, Immonen earned 7.500 world rankings points. Immonen gained -9.562 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 8 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 814thplace overall with 62.438 total points. Immonen ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	12	0	0.613	0-1	1-2	2-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	227	207	141	9.12	6.21	2.91	5.59	4.36	1.63	1.42	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	103	122	41	0	4-0	9-2	20-4	1.18	0.40	0.32	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	124	85	100	1	0-0	8-6	12-22	0.69	0.81	0.58	0.46

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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