CHAMPION: Kitz/Wills Wins 2021 SCT Mixed Doubles

Chaelynn Kitz/Sam Wills (Saskatoon, SK) won 8-7 over Michelle Englot/Derek Schneider (Regina, SK) in the Final of the SCT Mixed Doubles - Wadena, held November 12 - 14, 2021 at the Wadena Curling Club in Wadena, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kitz/Wills won 6-5 over Jill Springer/Garret Springer (Regina, SK) in the semifinals

Kitz/Wills finished 4-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitz/Wills defeated Jazmin Ackerman/Brett Behm (Saskatoon, SK) 8-5, then won 9-3 against Samantha Yachiw/Jordan Raymond (Saskatoon, SK) and 9-1 against Englot/Schneider. Kitz/Wills won 11-2 against Chantel Hoag/Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the SCT Mixed Doubles - Wadena Championship title, Kitz/Wills earned 13.984 world rankings points along with the $1,100CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6.992 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kitz/Wills ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.213 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	25	13	0	0.658	1-0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	263	272	194	10.34	7.38	2.97	5.25	4.68	1.97	1.58	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	132	201	55	0	14-0	18-2	25-11	1.52	0.42	0.43	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	131	71	139	2	1-1	4-11	13-30	0.54	1.06	0.49	0.35

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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