CHAMPION: Ethier/Santos Wins 2023 Portugese Curling Cup

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	11.11
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Antonieta Martins Ethier/Victor Santos (Lisbon, POR) won 12-2 over Ashley Spalding/Chris Skidmore (Lisbon, POR) in the Final of the Portugese Curling Cup - Mixed Doubles, held October 13 - 15, 2023 in Barrie, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Ethier/Santos won 9-3 over April Seixeiro/Steve Seixeiro (Lisbon, POR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Portugese Curling Cup - Mixed Doubles in Barrie, Ontario;

Ethier/Santos finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ethier/Santos defeated Andra Barbosa/William Barbosa (Lisbon, POR) 9-5, then won 9-8 against Spalding/Skidmore. Ethier/Santos went on to lose 6-1 against Seixeiro/Seixeiro in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Portugese Curling Cup - Mixed Doubles Championship title, Ethier/Santos earned 3.750 world rankings points. For week 12 of the event schedule, Ethier/Santos did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 355th to 366th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Ethier/Santos ranks 544th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

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