Veronica Zappone/Simone Gonin (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-4 to Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Dmitrov, RUS) in the Final of the LODE Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, held March 29 - April 1, 2018 in Riga, Latvia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Zappone/Gonin won 11-4 over Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 LODE Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; of the 2018 LODE Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia;
 
Zappone/Gonin finished 5-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zappone/Gonin defeated Sandrine Morand/Romain Borini (Megeve, FRA) 6-4, then won 8-6 against Dace Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) and 7-3 against Virginija Paulauskaite/Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, LTU). Zappone/Gonin won 9-7 against Santa Blumberga/A Purmalis (Riga, LAT), then won 7-5 against Moskaleva/Eremin in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 34 of the event schedule, Zappone/Gonin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Zappone/Gonin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.