CHAMPION: Anderson/Richardson Wins 2022 Southern Mixed Doubles

Taylor Anderson/Ben Richardson (Chaska , MN) won 6-5 over Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Southern Mixed Doubles, held December 28 - 30, 2022 at the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlote, United States. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Richardson won 5-3 over Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States; and won 8-3 over Nicole Bookhout/Dan Wiza (Madison, WI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States;

Anderson/Richardson finished 4-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Richardson defeated Erin Dunphy/Christopher Adams (Cincinnati, OH) 12-4, then won 6-3 against Casey DenHartigh/Matthew Kenlan (Charlotte, NC) and 9-4 against Harley Rohrbacher/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH). Anderson/Richardson won 8-3 against Bookhout/Wiza in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Southern Mixed Doubles Championship title, Anderson/Richardson earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,051CDN first prize cheque, dropping 16 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 564th place overall with 26.891 total points. Anderson/Richardson ranks 58th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.252 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	17	9	0	0.654	8-0	1-7	0-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	190	177	137	9.32	7.21	2.11	5.42	4.53	1.72	1.59	0.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	88	125	27	1	8-0	6-1	20-4	1.42	0.31	0.39	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	102	52	110	0	1-2	1-7	9-25	0.51	1.08	0.48	0.36

Reigning world champions Team Bruce Mouat (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are on track for their third tour win of the season.

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