Shipmaker/Aprile Reaches 2023 Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel Quarters

Jessica Shipmaker/Mike Aprile (Mississauga, ON) qualified for the 2023 Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON).

Shipmaker/Aprile finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shipmaker/Aprile lost 6-3 to Carrie Robertson/Alex Robertson (Palmerston, ON), then responded with a 10-4 win over Lindsay Raftis/Jacob Nogueira (Arthur, ON). Shipmaker/Aprile went on to lose 10-3 against Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Shipmaker/Aprile lost 8-3 to Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Shipmaker/Aprile earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 23 of the event schedule, Shipmaker/Aprile did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shipmaker/Aprile 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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