CHAMPION: Horton/Morissette Wins 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles

Lauren Horton/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) won 8-6 over Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, held December 10 - 12, 2021 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Horton/Morissette won 7-5 over Brenda Nicholls/Dan deWaard (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and won 8-3 over Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Horton/Morissette finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Horton/Morissette defeated Marianne Girard/Marc-Alexandre Charest-Dion (QuÃ©bec, QC) 9-8, then won 7-4 against Genevieve Frappier/Simon Hebert (MontrÃ©al, QC) and 9-8 against Cyntia Plouffe/Stephane Paquette (Outaouais, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles Championship title, Horton/Morissette earned 25.088 world rankings points along with the $840CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.544 after improving upon their best so far this season. Horton/Morissette ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.486 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	12	6	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
2022	128	127	107	9.92	8.36	1.56	5.47	4.53	1.81	1.84	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	59	81	24	0	5-0	6-2	10-2	1.37	0.41	0.36	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	69	46	83	0	1-3	3-10	8-13	0.67	1.20	0.35	0.42

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Jessica Zheng, Victor Pietrangelo
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Anne Sophie Gionest, Robert Desjardins
Chicoutimi, QC
2022: Jiyoon Kim
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Lauren Peskett, Pierre-Luc Morissette
QuÃ©bec, QC
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Marie-Claude Comeau, Simon Hebert
Valleyfield, QC

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