CHAMPION: Papley/van Amsterdam Wins 2023 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #2

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	12.61
PA/G:	4.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) won 9-4 over Heather Nedohin/John Morris (Sherwood Park, AB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #2, held December 15 - 17, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Papley/van Amsterdam won 10-3 over Kaylee Raniseth/Evan Crough (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals

Papley/van Amsterdam finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Papley/van Amsterdam defeated Brigitte Yeo/Matt Yeo (Beaumont, AB) 7-0, then won 10-3 against Addisyn Helmle/Cyton Corsie (Medicine Hat, AB) and 6-5 against Nedohin/Morris. Papley/van Amsterdam won 8-2 against Cuyler Desormeau/Daniel Humbke (Lethbridge, AB), then won 8-2 against Jessica Wytrychowski/Michael Dumont (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #2 Championship title, Papley/van Amsterdam earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $1,350CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 32nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -8.438 after improving upon their best so far this season. Papley/van Amsterdam ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.314 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	26	5	0	0.839	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	215	240	148	11.16	6.88	4.28	5.91	4.09	1.89	1.68	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	100	174	30	0	13-0	12-2	26-5	1.74	0.30	0.51	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	115	66	118	0	1-2	4-12	7-21	0.57	1.03	0.48	0.42

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