Paulauskaite Runner-Up at 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

SKIP
Virginija
Paulauskaite

Third
Olga
Dvojeglazova

Second
Ruta
Blaziene

Lead
Justina
Zalieckiene

Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) lost 9-2 to Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, held November 18 - 25, 2023 at the Perth Curling Club in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Paulauskaite won 10-6 over Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL) in the semifinals

Paulauskaite finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulauskaite lost 8-5 to Miia Ahrenberg (Turku, FIN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Anna Fowler (Kent, ENG). Paulauskaite won 11-5 against Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won 11-7 against Daniela Matulova (Bratislava, SVK) and 5-4 against Lipinska. Paulauskaite went on to lose 8-0 against Kalocsai-van Dorp. Paulauskaite responded with a 11-2 win over Caro van Oosterwyck (Zemst, BEL). Paulauskaite won 8-6 against Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO). Paulauskaite went on to lose 8-2 against Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Paulauskaite take home 5.500 world rankings points. For week 18 of the event schedule, Paulauskaite did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Paulauskaite 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

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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