CHAMPION: Wasylkiw/Konings Wins 2020 Ontario Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	9.38
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Unionville, ON) won 8-4 over Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship, held February 28 - March 1, 2020 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wasylkiw/Konings won 6-1 over Stephanie Thompson/Matt Lowe (Unionville, ON) in the semifinals of the 2020 Ontario Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship in Brockville, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-3 over Chelsea Brandwood/Zack Shurtleff (St. Catharines, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Wasylkiw/Konings finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wasylkiw/Konings defeated McKenna McGovern/Sam Steep (Forest, ON) 6-4, then went on to lose 7-6 against Abbey Salari/Duncan McDonald (Grimsby, ON). Wasylkiw/Konings responded with a 10-2 win over Kate Nicholson/James Hickling (Goderich, ON). Wasylkiw/Konings won 7-6 against Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON). Wasylkiw/Konings went on to lose 9-4 against Nicole Westlund Stewart/Tyler Stewart (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ontario Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship Championship title, Wasylkiw/Konings earned 24.563 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Wasylkiw/Konings did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wasylkiw/Konings ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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