Desjardins/Desjardins Runner-Up at 2022 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles

Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) lost 10-4 to Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, held December 9 - 11, 2022 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins/Desjardins won 8-7 over Emilia Gagne/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and won 6-5 over Valerie Tanguay/Denis Robichaud (Chicoutimi/Sorel, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Desjardins/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins/Desjardins defeated Amelie Maheux/David Maheux (Saint-Bruno, QC) 8-0, then won 7-4 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO) and 7-5 against Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, Desjardins/Desjardins take home 19.250 world rankings points along with the $640CDN prize, remaining in 548th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.342 after improving upon their best so far this season. Desjardins/Desjardins ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	42	26	0	0.618	3-2	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	473	489	363	10.34	7.67	2.66	5.24	4.67	1.97	1.64	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	242	380	99	0	29-2	33-3	38-18	1.57	0.41	0.41	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	231	109	264	4	0-7	9-22	16-46	0.47	1.14	0.51	0.32

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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