Mitchell Runner-Up at 2025 Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Womens Curling Championship

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Mackenzie
Mitchell

Third
Taylour
Stevens

Second
Marlise
Carter

Lead
Cate
Fitzgerald

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.26
PA/G:	5.48
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Mackenzie Mitchell (Halifax, NS) lost 6-4 to Christina Black (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Womens Curling Championship, held January 14 - 19, 2025 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Mitchell won 11-4 over Allyson MacNutt (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2025 Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Womens Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Mitchell finished 4-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mitchell lost 9-3 to Black, droppimg another game, 5-4 to Nova Scotia's Rebecca Regan where Mitchell responded with a 9-8 win over MacNutt. Mitchell won 6-5 against Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS), then won 5-0 against Mary Myketyn-Driscoll (Halifax, NS) and 11-3 against Kristen MacDiarmid (Halifax , NS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ocean Contractors Nova Scotia Womens Curling Championship, Mitchell take home 8.250 world rankings points, moving up 49 spots the World Ranking Standings into 126th place overall with 12.307 total points. Mitchell ranks 127th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	6	6	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	104	74	67	7.12	6.44	0.67	4.62	4.23	1.54	1.52	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	52	54	22	6	2-1	4-1	5-3	1.04	0.42	0.24	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	52	20	45	6	0-0	1-2	2-11	0.38	0.87	0.57	0.31

2026: Taylour Stevens
Taylour Stevens, Maria Fitzgerald, Alison Umlah, Cate Fitzgerald , Kevin Ouellette
Halifax, NS
2025: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jill Brothers, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Marlee Powers
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2024: Heather Smith
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2023: Christina Black
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Halifax, NS
2021: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2020: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Emma Logan
Halifax, NS
2019: Jill Brothers
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Halifax, NS
2018: Mary-Anne Arsenault
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Halifax, NS
2017: Mary Mattatall
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Halifax, NS
2016: Jill Brothers
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Halifax, NS
2015: Mary-Anne Arsenault
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Halifax, NS
2014: Heather Smith
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Halifax, NS
2013: Mary-Anne Arsenault
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Halifax, NS
2012: Mark Dacey
Heather Smith, Danielle Parsons, Blisse Joyce, Teri Udle
Halifax, NS
2011: Heather Smith
Heather Smith, Danielle Parsons, Blisse Joyce, Teri Udle
Halifax, NS

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