McKeown/Nickel Reaches 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles Quarters

Kirstin McKeown/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN) qualified for the 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE).

McKeown/Nickel finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McKeown/Nickel defeated Sylvia Jennings/David DeFehr (Charlotte, NC) 9-8, then won 13-4 against Gina Swanner/Tom Rogers (Charlotte, NC). McKeown/Nickel went on to lose 7-5 against Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

McKeown/Nickel earned 8.764 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Southern Mixed Doubles, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 15.274 total points. McKeown/Nickel ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.274 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

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

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