Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) lost
9-6 to
Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Southern Mixed Doubles, held December 27 - 29, 2019 at the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlote, United States. To advance to the championship game, Bear/Stopera won
9-3 over
Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States; and won
8-2 over
Lisa Hale/Ray Baker (Dauphin, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States;
Bear/Stopera finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Stopera defeated
Gina Swanner/Tom Rogers (Charlotte, NC) 13-1, then won
14-2 against
Sylvia Jennings/David DeFehr (Charlotte, NC) and
7-5 against
Kirstin McKeown/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Southern Mixed Doubles, Bear/Stopera take home
16.067 world rankings points along with the $979CDN prize. For week 23 of the event schedule, Bear/Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Bear/Stopera ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
