Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
9-4 to
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2016 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won
6-5 over
Bingyu Wang (HARBIN, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Sherry Anderson (Delisle, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
Matsumura finished 4-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura lost
7-5 to
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a
6-2 win over
Wang. Matsumura went on to lose
8-2 against
Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB). Matsumura responded with a
5-3 win over
Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN). Matsumura won
6-0 against
Rachel Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB), then won
8-3 against
Englot in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, Matsumura take home
58.704 world rankings points along with the $10,400CDN prize, moving up 38 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with
93.180 total points. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
63.783 points earned so far this season.
