CHAMPION: Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo Wins Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	13.27
PA/G:	3.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.85
Steal Efficiency:	0.59

Serena Gray-Withers/Victor Pietrangelo (Edmonton, AB) won 8-2 over Grace Cave/Jayden King (Tillsonburg, ON) in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held August 29 - 31 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo won 9-1 over Sophia Ryhorchuk/Ronan Peterson (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Gracelyn Richards/Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo finished 5-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo defeated Brooklyn Ideson/Owen Henry (London, ON) 7-2, then won 7-2 against Amy Wheatcroft/Adam Naugler (Edmonton, AB) and 10-0 against Olivia Wynter/Cameron Sallaj (Moncton, NB). Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo won 10-2 against Richards/Davies, then won 7-4 against Zoe Cinnamon/Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles Championship title, Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo earned 18.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 6 of the event schedule, Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2025: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Victor Pietrangelo
Edmonton, AB
2024: Jessica Zheng
Jessica Zheng, Victor Pietrangelo
Niagara Falls, ON
2023: Kayla MacMillan
Kayla MacMillan, Sterling Middleton
Vancouver, BC

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