Walker/Smith Reaches 2017 Pacific Northwest Mixed Doubles Invitational Quarters

Monica Walker/Jason Smith (St. Paul, MN) qualified for the 2017 Pacific Northwest Mixed Doubles Invitational playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-0 against Rui Wang/De Xin Ba (Harbin, CHN). of the 2017 Pacific Northwest Mixed Doubles Invitational in Seattle, Washington, United States;

Walker/Smith finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Smith defeated Cristin Clark/Matt Birklid (Seattle, WA) 11-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Wang/Ba. Walker/Smith lost 10-5 to Alexandra Carlson/Derrick McLean (St. Paul, MN) where Walker/Smith responded with a 5-4 win over Maureen Stolt/Peter Stolt (Minneapolis, MN). Walker/Smith won 6-4 against Carlson/McLean in their final qualifying round match.

Walker/Smith earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Pacific Northwest Mixed Doubles Invitational. For week 10 of the event schedule, Walker/Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Walker/Smith 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

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