Gaidule/Buncis5-3 at WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1

Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) finished 5-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gaidule/Buncis lost 6-4 to Linnea Nilsson/Simon Olofsson (Uppsala, SWE), then responded with a 6-4 win over Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN). Gaidule/Buncis went on to lose 8-7 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU). Gaidule/Buncis responded with a 7-5 win over Evita Regza/Renars Freidensons (Riga, LAT). Gaidule/Buncis won 8-6 against Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU), then won 7-6 against Santa Blumberga/Andris Bremanis (Riga, LAT). Gaidule/Buncis went on to lose 7-5 against Nilsson/Olofsson. Gaidule/Buncis responded with a 8-1 win over Jurkute/Rymeikis in their final qualifying round match.

Gaidule/Buncis earned 2.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1. Gaidule/Buncis move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.281 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 862nd overall with 0 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gaidule/Buncis ranks 222nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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