Purcell Runner-Up at 2024 USPORT Curling Canada University Championships

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Ethan
Young

Second
Caelan
McPherson

Lead
David
McCurdy

Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) lost 8-5 to Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) in the Final of the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships, held March 12 - 16, 2024 in Sudbury, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Purcell won 8-3 over Sam Mooibroek (Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 USPORT Curling Canada University Championships in Sudbury, Ontario;

Purcell finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 9-8, then won 10-3 against Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS) and 11-5 against Owen Henry (St.Catherines, ON). Purcell won 8-4 against Bryden. Purcell went on to lose 9-2 against Jayden King (Guelph, ON). Purcell lost 9-2 to Mooibroek where Purcell responded with a 7-6 win over Jamie Stewart (Fredericton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USPORT Curling Canada University Championships, Purcell take home 5.500 world rankings points. For week 34 of the event schedule, Purcell did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 33rd place on the World Ranking Standings with 101.813 total points. Purcell ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 101.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	27	0	0.591	8-2	7-3	4-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	479	405	339	8.46	7.08	1.38	4.93	4.18	1.72	1.70	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	230	284	66	26	10-0	20-2	58-12	1.23	0.29	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	249	121	273	17	1-5	7-22	22-63	0.49	1.10	0.40	0.33

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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