Nicholls/deWaard Reaches GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles Semifinals

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	7.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Brenda Nicholls/Dan deWaard (Quebec, QC) run at the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Lauren Horton/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC). of the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; Nicholls/deWaard advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON). of the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada;

Nicholls/deWaard finished 2-1 in the 16 team GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held December 10 - 12 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. In their opening game, Nicholls/deWaard defeated Nathalie Gagnon/Jay Merchant (Sydney, AUS) 11-0, then won 10-8 against Laurie-Anne Leclerc/Brandon Guillemette (Quebec, QC). Nicholls/deWaard went on to lose 7-4 against Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, Nicholls/deWaard take home 18.398 world rankings points along with the $400CDN prize, remaining in 697th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 40.222 total points. Nicholls/deWaard ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.556 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	3	2	0	0.600	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
0	37	37	28	10.00	7.57	2.43	5.41	4.59	1.85	1.65	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	19	24	7	0	1-0	3-0	2-1	1.26	0.37	0.32	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	18	13	21	0	1-1	0-1	3-5	0.72	1.17	0.36	0.39

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