Evelina Barone/Kristaps Zass (Riga, LAT) lost
9-2 to
Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, held October 31 - November 2, 2024 in Riga, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Barone/Zass won
8-6 over
Sylvi Hausstatter/Sondre Svorkmo-Lundberg (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; and won
8-7 over
Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in the quarterfinals.
Barone/Zass finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barone/Zass defeated
Andrine Roenning/Harald Daehlin (Lillehammer, NOR) 9-2, then won
7-4 against
Liga Avena/Aivars Avotins (Riga, LAT) and
10-0 against
Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU). Barone/Zass won
8-6 against
Nerea Torralba Viela/Jose Manuel Sanguesa (San Sebastian, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, Barone/Zass take home
2.750 world rankings points along with the $300CDN prize. For week 14 of the event schedule, Barone/Zass did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Barone/Zass ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
