Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) lost
9-2 to
Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, held November 18 - 25, 2023 at the Perth Curling Club in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Paulauskaite won
10-6 over
Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL) in the semifinals
Paulauskaite finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulauskaite lost
8-5 to
Miia Ahrenberg (Turku, FIN), then responded with a
7-6 win over
Anna Fowler (Kent, ENG). Paulauskaite won
11-5 against
Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won
11-7 against
Daniela Matulova (Bratislava, SVK) and
5-4 against
Lipinska. Paulauskaite went on to lose
8-0 against
Kalocsai-van Dorp. Paulauskaite responded with a
11-2 win over
Caro van Oosterwyck (Zemst, BEL). Paulauskaite won
8-6 against
Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO). Paulauskaite went on to lose
8-2 against
Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Paulauskaite take home
5.500 world rankings points. For week 18 of the event schedule, Paulauskaite did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Paulauskaite ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
