Papley/van Amsterdam Runner-Up at 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	10.45
PA/G:	8.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-1 to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, held January 4 - 7, 2024 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Papley/van Amsterdam won 8-7 over Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Red Deer, AB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Papley/van Amsterdam finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Papley/van Amsterdam defeated Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) 10-6, then won 14-3 against Karen Dreaver/Roger Dougall (Canmore, AB). Papley/van Amsterdam went on to lose 9-3 against Schmiemann/Ginter. Papley/van Amsterdam responded with a 11-5 win over Peterman/Gallant. Papley/van Amsterdam won 8-7 against Zoe Cinnamon/Gabriel Dyck (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, Papley/van Amsterdam take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize. Papley/van Amsterdam move up 22 spots after posting a net gain of 90.629 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 157.194 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Papley/van Amsterdam ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 115.630 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	26	5	0	0.839	1-0	1-0	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	215	240	148	11.16	6.88	4.28	5.91	4.09	1.89	1.68	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	100	174	30	0	13-0	12-2	26-5	1.74	0.30	0.51	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	115	66	118	0	1-2	4-12	7-21	0.57	1.03	0.48	0.42

2024: Jocelyn Peterman
Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant
Edmonton, AB
2024: Cory Thiesse
Cory Thiesse, Korey Dropkin
Duluth, MN
2021: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, John Morris
Ottawa, ON
2020: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, John Morris , Al Hackner
Canmore, AB
2019: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Korey Dropkin
Minneapolis, MN

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