Barone/Gulbis Finishes Fourth at 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	11.19
PA/G:	8.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Daina Barone/Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) lost 8-7 to Katrina Gaidule/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia. of the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; Daina Barone/Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) lost 8-7 to Katrina Gaidule/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Barone/Gulbis lost 7-1 to Ieva Rudzite/Artis Zentelis (Riga, LAT) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; of the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia;

Barone/Gulbis finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barone/Gulbis defeated Gaidule/Regza 9-7, then won 13-4 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU). Barone/Gulbis went on to lose 7-4 against Rudzite/Zentelis. Barone/Gulbis responded with a 13-1 win over Zanda Priste-Vonda/Janis Vonda (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, Barone/Gulbis take home 7.571 world rankings points along with 100CDN. For week 18 of the event schedule, Barone/Gulbis did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Barone/Gulbis 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

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