Morozumi4-5 at 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	5.93
PA/G:	6.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Kyle Smith (Perth, UK). Morozumi lost 6-5 to Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) where Morozumi responded with a 6-5 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Morozumi won 8-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Morozumi went on to lose 11-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Morozumi lost 8-4 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) where Morozumi responded with a 6-4 win over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Morozumi went on to lose 10-4 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 21.158 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Morozumi move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 17.029 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 28th overall with 245.095 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 124.946 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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