Neil/McDonald Runner-Up at Kemptville Mixed Doubles Fall Classic Presented by The Print Guy!

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	12.50
PA/G:	9.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) lost 7-3 to Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (Kitchener, ON) in the Final of the Kemptville Mixed Doubles Fall Classic Presented by The Print Guy!, held October 3 - 5 at the North Grenville Curling Club in Kemptville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Neil/McDonald won 7-4 over Erin Butler/Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the Kemptville Mixed Doubles Fall Classic Presented by The Print Guy! in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-4 over Seonyeong Kim/Yeongseok Jeong (Gangneung, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the Kemptville Mixed Doubles Fall Classic Presented by The Print Guy! in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada;

Neil/McDonald finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Neil/McDonald defeated Kim Pearcey/Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe, ON) 8-5, then won 13-6 against Lynn Kreviazuk/David Mathers (Ottawa, ON). Neil/McDonald went on to lose 12-8 against Butler/McNamara. Neil/McDonald responded with a 10-2 win over Michelle Roach/Adam Gilbert (Burlington, ON). Neil/McDonald won 9-7 against Kim/Jeong in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kemptville Mixed Doubles Fall Classic Presented by The Print Guy!, Neil/McDonald take home 12.100 world rankings points along with the $900CDN prize. Neil/McDonald move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -4.726 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 26th overall with 57.900 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Neil/McDonald ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.800 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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