Nickel/Nickel3-4 at 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson , WI) finished 3-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nickel/Nickel lost 8-2 to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 10-8 win over Sydney Mullaney/Chase Sinnett (Chaska, MN). Nickel/Nickel won 8-7 against Nicole Bookhout/Dan Wiza (Madison, WI). Nickel/Nickel went on to lose 7-4 against Delaney Strouse/Daniel Casper (Minneapolis , MN). Nickel/Nickel responded with a 8-3 win over Ann Podoll/Nathan Parry (Fargo, ND). Nickel/Nickel went on to lose 11-7 against Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska , MN). Nickel/Nickel lost 7-3 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Nickel/Nickel earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 31 of the event schedule, Nickel/Nickel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Nickel/Nickel 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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