Owen Purcell (Halifax, CAN) won 3-2 over Switzerland's Jan Iseli in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World University Games: Lake Placid 2023 in Lake Placid, New York. of the 2023 World University Games: Lake Placid 2023 in Lake Placid, New York; Owen Purcell (Halifax, CAN) won 3-2 over Switzerland's Jan Iseli in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World University Games: Lake Placid 2023 in Lake Placid, New York. Purcell lost
6-4 to
James Craik (Stirling, GBR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Purcell are currently 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated
David Jakl (Prague, CZE) 8-1, then won
10-2 against
Vitor De Melo (Sao Paolo, BRA) and
5-3 against
Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). Purcell won
6-5 against
Johan Nygren (Umea, SWE), then won
9-4 against
JaeBeom Lee (Kyungil, KOR). Purcell went on to lose
4-3 against
Mathias Braenden (Oppdal, NOR). Purcell lost
5-4 to
Daniel Casper (Chaska, USA). Purcell lost
8-2 to
Craik. In their opening game, Purcell plays.
With their third place finish at the World University Games: Lake Placid 2023, Purcell earn
11.250 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Purcell did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 41st place on the
World Ranking Standings with
92.476 total points. Purcell ranks 38th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
76.375 points earned so far this season.
