Wasylkiw/Konings Runner-Up at 2021 GOLDLINE DM Express

Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Unionville, ON) lost 10-4 to Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Ilderton, ON) in the Final of the GOLDLINE DM Express, held September 17 - 19, 2021 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wasylkiw/Konings won 8-1 over Genevieve Frappier/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 GOLDLINE DM Express in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and won 7-3 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 GOLDLINE DM Express in Quebec, Quebec, Canada;

Wasylkiw/Konings finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wasylkiw/Konings defeated Mathilde Sauvageau/Leandre Girard (Quebec, QC) 17-1, then won 7-1 against Frappier/Morissette. Wasylkiw/Konings went on to lose 5-4 against Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE DM Express, Wasylkiw/Konings take home 23.513 world rankings points along with the $450CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 23.512 after improving upon their best so far this season. Wasylkiw/Konings ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.512 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	10	0	0.744	2-0	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
2022	263	272	172	10.34	6.54	3.80	5.93	4.03	1.74	1.62	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	117	157	48	0	6-0	13-1	30-11	1.34	0.41	0.42	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	146	115	124	1	1-6	7-5	24-22	0.79	0.85	0.54	0.51

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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