Ostrowski/Nickel Reaches Colorado Curling Cup Quarters

Kelsey Ostrowski/Gabriel Nickel (Saint Paul, MN) qualified for the Colorado Curling Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS).

Ostrowski/Nickel finished 5-2 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ostrowski/Nickel defeated Nicole Bookhout/Dan Wiza (Madison, WI) 9-2, then went on to lose 10-2 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Golden, CO). Ostrowski/Nickel responded with a 8-4 win over Harley Scebbi/Vincent Scebbi (Cleveland, OH). Ostrowski/Nickel won 8-6 against Heidi Holt/Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND). Ostrowski/Nickel went on to lose 9-3 against Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Ostrowski/Nickel responded with a 7-4 win over Olivia Stella/Andy Carle (Lafayette, CO) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 8-6 against Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Ostrowski/Nickel earned 6.600 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Colorado Curling Cup. For week 10 of the event schedule, Ostrowski/Nickel did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 157th to 160th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.907 total points. Ostrowski/Nickel ranks 289th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	22	22	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
2026	315	259	280	8.22	8.89	-0.67	4.76	5.08	1.73	1.75	0.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	156	179	86	4	7-1	17-8	26-11	1.15	0.55	0.33	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	159	80	194	1	1-10	6-11	11-35	0.50	1.22	0.46	0.34

2025: Nancy Martin
Nancy Martin, Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Fenson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2022: Cora Farrell
Cora Farrell, Coleman Thurston
Chaska, MN
2019: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Fenson, Korey Dropkin , Dave Jensen
Minneapolis, USA