Walker/Njegovan2-2 at St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic

Laura Walker/Connor Njegovan (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Njegovan defeated Jessica Guilbault/Eric Fenech (Kingston, ON) 7-3, then won 9-8 against Jennifer Gurke/Steven Michaleski (Winnipeg, MB). Walker/Njegovan went on to lose 6-5 against Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell (Winnipeg, MB). Walker/Njegovan lost 8-6 to Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Walker/Njegovan earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.93799999999999 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walker/Njegovan ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	15	0	0.712	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	369	352	283	9.54	7.67	1.87	5.53	4.44	1.73	1.73	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	180	257	67	0	13-1	23-6	34-7	1.43	0.37	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	189	95	216	1	1-5	5-20	13-42	0.50	1.14	0.44	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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