CHAMPION: MacMillan/Middleton Wins 2023 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.79
PA/G:	5.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Kayla MacMillan/Sterling Middleton (Vancouver, BC) won 8-3 over Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held September 2 - 4, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, MacMillan/Middleton won 10-4 over Paige Papley/Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 10-2 over Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Sherbrooke, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

MacMillan/Middleton finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacMillan/Middleton defeated Jorja Kopytko/Coburn Fadden (Vernon, BC) 8-3, then won 9-6 against Hayley Gushue/Nicholas Codner (St. John's, NL). MacMillan/Middleton went on to lose 7-6 against Cheal/Cheal. MacMillan/Middleton responded with a 9-4 win over Kya Kennedy/Landon Field (Saskatoon, SK). MacMillan/Middleton won 6-2 against Olivia Wynter/Cameron Sallaj (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles Championship title, MacMillan/Middleton earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 6 of the event schedule, MacMillan/Middleton did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 52nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 45.750 total points. MacMillan/Middleton ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	1	0	0.933	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	104	123	61	11.83	5.87	5.96	6.25	3.75	1.89	1.56	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	78	12	0	6-0	7-0	11-3	1.81	0.28	0.56	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	61	45	49	0	0-1	3-2	8-12	0.74	0.80	0.50	0.51

2025: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Victor Pietrangelo
Edmonton, AB
2024: Jessica Zheng
Jessica Zheng, Victor Pietrangelo
Niagara Falls, ON
2023: Kayla MacMillan
Kayla MacMillan, Sterling Middleton
Vancouver, BC

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