Ida3-5 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Rina
Ida

Third
Tamami
Naito

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Natsuko
Ishiyama

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.34
Force Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ida defeated Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN) 9-2, then went on to lose 8-4 against Japan's Misaki Tanaka. Ida lost 10-8 to Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN). Ida lost 5-3 to Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Ida lost 6-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Ida responded with a 12-3 win over Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN). Ida went on to lose 9-4 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Ida responded with a 8-7 win over Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi in their final qualifying round match.

Ida earned 2.116 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 105th place overall with 33.928 total points. Ida ranks 112th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.843 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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