Kiemele Reaches 2023 U25 NextGen Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Mackenzie
Kiemele

Third
Jillian
Uniacke

Second
Emilie
Lovitt

Lead
Jessica
Filipcic

Mackenzie Kiemele (Toronto, ON) run at the 2023 U25 NextGen Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-2 loss to Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB).

Kiemele finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiemele defeated Grace Beaudry (Calgary, AB) 5-4, then went on to lose 10-3 against Melodie Forsythe (Fredericton, NB). Kiemele lost 5-4 to Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) where Kiemele responded with a 5-3 win over Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK). Kiemele won 8-5 against Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Kiemele earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the U25 NextGen Classic, moving up 49 spots the World Ranking Standings into 109th place overall with 18.269 total points. Kiemele ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	12	0	0.455	3-1	1-5	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	158	110	122	6.96	7.72	-0.76	4.49	4.62	1.55	1.67	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	82	71	53	6	2-2	3-3	15-7	0.87	0.65	0.26	0.40

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	76	39	69	8	1-0	0-9	6-11	0.51	0.91	0.50	0.37

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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