Persinger/Plys Reaches 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship Semifinals

Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK) run at the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-7 loss to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2023 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan;

Persinger/Plys finished 7-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Persinger/Plys defeated Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) 8-5, then won 8-5 against Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) and 7-5 against Harley Rohrbacher/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH). Persinger/Plys won 7-6 against Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN), then won 7-5 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO) and 7-2 against Melissa Fountain/Tony Kot (Lafayette, CO). Persinger/Plys won 8-6 against Kim Rhyme/Jason Smith (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Persinger/Plys earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 709th place overall with 61.454 total points. Persinger/Plys ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	20	9	0	0.690	7-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	203	205	152	10.10	7.49	2.61	5.37	4.63	1.88	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	96	135	40	0	11-1	7-0	18-9	1.41	0.42	0.38	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	107	70	112	0	0-6	5-3	19-20	0.65	1.05	0.56	0.38

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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