CHAMPION: Koana/Aoki Wins Mixed Doubles Super Series

Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) won 11-4 over Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw, held October 26 - 29 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koana/Aoki won 8-5 over Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-6 over Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Koana/Aoki finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana/Aoki defeated Jennifer Armstrong/Tyrel Griffith (Kelowna, BC) 7-1, then won 7-1 against Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) and 8-0 against Sherry Just/Chad Gareau (Prince Albert, SK). Koana/Aoki won 11-1 against Stephanie Todd/Kyle Cherpin (Regina, SK), then won 6-1 against Jones/Laing in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw Championship title, Koana/Aoki earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 32.032 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koana/Aoki ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	3	0	0.912	6-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	222	264	119	11.89	5.36	6.53	6.53	3.47	1.82	1.55	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	90	160	17	0	10-0	14-1	21-1	1.78	0.19	0.50	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	132	104	102	0	2-6	6-3	17-15	0.79	0.77	0.62	0.52

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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