Farrell/Thurston Reaches 2023 Southern Mixed Doubles Quarters

Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2023 Southern Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 11-5 against BriAnna Weldon/Sean Franey (Denver, CO).

Farrell/Thurston finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Farrell/Thurston defeated Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN) 8-0, then won 8-4 against Lorna Cagann/Matthew Sherry (Chicago, IL) and 7-0 against Allison Kenney/Edward Scimia (Bridgeport, CT). Farrell/Thurston went on to lose 11-8 against Nancy Martin/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK). Farrell/Thurston responded with a 10-2 win over Kimber Maroney/Brandon Ellison (Tempe, AZ) in their final qualifying round match.

Farrell/Thurston earned 3.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Southern Mixed Doubles, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -1.468 after improving upon their best so far this season. Farrell/Thurston ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.312 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	18	0	0.538	4-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	264	244	232	9.24	8.79	0.45	5.34	4.62	1.73	1.90	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	118	148	68	0	6-0	16-8	20-10	1.25	0.58	0.36	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	146	96	164	1	0-7	2-19	27-21	0.66	1.12	0.41	0.45

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