Nilsson/Olofsson7-0 at WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.96
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Linnea Nilsson/Simon Olofsson (Uppsala, SWE) finished 7-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nilsson/Olofsson defeated Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) 6-4, then won 10-9 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) and 11-1 against Evita Regza/Renars Freidensons (Riga, LAT). Nilsson/Olofsson won 7-4 against Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU), then won 9-4 against Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN) and 7-5 against Gaidule/Buncis. Nilsson/Olofsson won 7-2 against Cathy Vivien Vahi/Marten Padama (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 Championship title, Nilsson/Olofsson earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $600CDN first prize cheque. Nilsson/Olofsson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.281 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 862nd overall with 0 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Nilsson/Olofsson ranks 222nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Katrina Gaidule
Katrina Gaidule, Roberts Buncis
Riga, LAT
2024: Tori Koana
Tori Koana, Go Aoki
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Linnea Nilsson
Linnea Nilsson, Simon Olofsson
Uppsala, SWE
2023: Linda Joo
Linda Joo, Lorinc Tatar
Budapest, HUN
2022: Karoliine Kaare
Karoliine Kaare, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2021: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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