Morozumi Reaches 2013 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.80
PA/G:	7.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2013 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-2 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2013 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Morozumi finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi lost 6-2 to Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 7-1 win over Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Morozumi went on to lose 6-0 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Morozumi responded with a 6-0 win over Shane Park (Edmonton, AB). Morozumi won 10-5 against Korea's Soo-Hyuk Kim, then won 5-2 against Appelman and 7-6 against Andrew Bilesky (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 5.175 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 38.675 total points. Morozumi ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.425 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	44	34	0	0.564	30-11	9-15	6-6	1-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	631	509	434	8.07	6.88	1.19	4.79	4.37	1.69	1.57	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	306	359	106	20	11-2	17-3	77-19	1.17	0.35	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	325	150	328	33	3-8	14-17	23-67	0.46	1.01	0.54	0.28

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