McLaren/Mechenbier Reaches 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup Semifinals

Joyce McLaren/Kevin Mechenbier (Denver, CO) run at the 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-7 loss to Emily Schweitzer/Blake Hagberg (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; McLaren/Mechenbier advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-6 win over Harley Scebbi/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH). of the 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States;

McLaren/Mechenbier finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McLaren/Mechenbier defeated Liza Beres/Garnet Howells (Valencia, CA) 9-8, then won 8-0 against Jillian Riecke/Denis Metty (Traverse City, MI) and 9-2 against Emily Potter/Brian Shimko (Cincinnati, OH) in their final qualifying round match.

McLaren/Mechenbier earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.126 after improving upon their best so far this season. McLaren/Mechenbier ranks 157th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.002 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	6	0	0.571	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	97	94	88	9.69	9.07	0.62	5.05	4.95	1.92	1.83	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	47	65	25	0	2-1	9-1	10-3	1.38	0.53	0.45	0.34

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	50	29	63	0	0-5	3-2	5-10	0.58	1.26	0.47	0.36

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

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)