Smith/Purcell2-3 at 2024 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Heather Smith/Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Purcell lost 6-4 to Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP), then responded with a 9-4 win over Sarah Chaytor/David McCurdy (Halifax, NS). Smith/Purcell went on to lose 8-1 against Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR). Smith/Purcell lost 7-0 to Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) where Smith/Purcell responded with a 8-7 win over Karlee Burgess/Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith/Purcell earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 24 of the event schedule, Smith/Purcell did not improve upon their best events, improving from 196th to 187th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.500 total points. Smith/Purcell ranks 151st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	8	0	0.600	3-2	5-2	2-1	0-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	143	117	127	8.18	8.88	-0.70	4.76	5.24	1.72	1.69	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	72	85	43	0	4-0	5-5	15-7	1.18	0.60	0.33	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	71	32	84	0	1-3	1-5	5-13	0.45	1.18	0.57	0.31

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