Howald/Lachat Runner-Up at Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	9.31
PA/G:	8.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Carole Howald/Pablo Lachat (Lagenthal, SUI) lost 8-7 to Schwaller/Schwaller in the Final of the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship, held February 28 - March 3 in Biel, Switzerland. Carole Howald/Pablo Lachat (Lagenthal, SUI) run at the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Schwaller/Schwaller. of the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship in Biel, Switzerland; and won 9-3 over Briar Schwaller/Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship in Biel, Switzerland;

Howald/Lachat finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howald/Lachat defeated Selina Witschonke/Simon Gloor (Aarau, SUI) 9-4, then won 6-5 against Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) and 7-5 against Stefanie Berset/Philipp Hoesli (Bern, SUI). Howald/Lachat won 8-5 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Howald/Lachat went on to lose 10-2 against Michele Jaeggi/Romano Keller-Meier (Bern, SUI). Howald/Lachat responded with a 6-3 win over Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Zurich, SUI). Howald/Lachat won 10-9 against Schwaller/Schwaller in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship, Howald/Lachat take home 19.250 world rankings points. For week 32 of the event schedule, Howald/Lachat did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Howald/Lachat ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Bottcher Out!

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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