CHAMPION: Zheng/Pietrangelo Wins 2024 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	12.55
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.55

Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) won 9-3 over Manitoba's Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held August 30 - September 2, 2024 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Zheng/Pietrangelo won 8-2 over Olivia Wynter/Cameron Sallaj (Moncton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 11-1 over Kaylee Raniseth/Evan Crough (Delburne, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Zheng/Pietrangelo finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zheng/Pietrangelo defeated Lindsey Burgess/Ben Morin (Vernon, BC) 10-3, then won 9-2 against Amanda Skiffington/Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS) and 8-5 against Olivia Jones/Dustin Mikush (Edmonton, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo won 7-6 against Claire Booth/Tyson Toews (Red Deer, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo went on to lose 8-7 against Serena Gray-Withers/Andrew Nowell (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles Championship title, Zheng/Pietrangelo earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 5 of the event schedule, Zheng/Pietrangelo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 23rd place on the World Ranking Standings with 73.378 total points. Zheng/Pietrangelo ranks 358th 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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