Han/Zou Runner-Up at HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles

Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) lost 6-4 to Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles, held November 17 - 19 at the Sherbooke Curling Club in Sherbrooke, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Han/Zou won 7-1 over Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Sherbrooke, QC) in the semifinals of the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada;

Han/Zou finished 3-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou defeated Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC) 9-6, then won 9-6 against Ziqi Dong/Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) and 6-3 against Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles, Han/Zou take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 44.126 total points. Han/Zou ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

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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