Gagnon/Merchant

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.86
PA/G:	9.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.61
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Nathalie Gagnon/Jay Merchant (Sydney, AUS) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Gagnon/Merchant finished 1-2 in the 16 team GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held December 10 - 12, 2021 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. In their opening game, Gagnon/Merchant lost 11-0 to Brenda Nicholls/Dan deWaard (Quebec, QC), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) where Gagnon/Merchant responded with a 9-1 win over Laurie-Anne Leclerc/Brandon Guillemette (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Gagnon/Merchant earned 3.763 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.764 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gagnon/Merchant ranks 185th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.764 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	3	3	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	42	33	38	7.86	9.05	-1.19	4.05	5.71	1.94	1.58	0.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	23	17	20	0	1-1	1-0	3-3	0.74	0.87	0.22	0.61

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	19	16	18	1	1-1	1-0	3-5	0.84	0.95	0.40	0.42

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Ikue Kitazawa (photo: World Curling Federation) of Nagano, Japan wins the KW Fall Classic, defeating Carly Howard (Mississauga, ON) 7-1 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada.

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