Yanagisawa4-4 at 2017 Japan Curling Championships

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Misato
Yanagisawa

Third
Riko
Toyoda

Second
Mayu
Sugahara

Lead
Eri
Ogihara

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	6.71
PA/G:	7.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Misato Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa lost 7-2 to Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN), then responded with a 8-7 win over Azusa Arakawa (Hokkaido, JPN). Yanagisawa went on to lose 8-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Yanagisawa lost 5-4 to Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) where Yanagisawa responded with a 11-3 win over Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN). Yanagisawa won 10-6 against Chiaki Fukui (Hokkaido, JPN). Yanagisawa went on to lose 12-4 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Yanagisawa responded with a 7-5 win over Mayu Natsuizaka (sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 2.850 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 25 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yanagisawa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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