Japan's Yusuke Morozumi8-2 at 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	12
Record:	9W - 3L
PF/G:	8.99
PA/G:	6.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Japan's Yusuke Morozumi finished 8-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Yusuke Morozumi defeated Korea's Soo-Hyuk Kim 8-0, then won 12-4 against Australia's Hugh Millikin and 8-6 against Chinese Taipei's Randie Shen. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi won 10-3 against China's Rui Liu. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi went on to lose 8-7 against New Zealand's Peter De Boer. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi responded with a 8-4 win over Korea's Soo-Hyuk Kim. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi won 6-4 against Australia's Hugh Millikin, then won 9-5 against Chinese Taipei's Randie Shen and 8-7 against China's Rui Liu. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi went on to lose 9-7 against New Zealand's Peter De Boer in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Japan's Yusuke Morozumi take home 8.750 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 47.425 total points. Japan's Yusuke Morozumi ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.175 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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