Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
5-2 to
Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, held September 14 - 17, 2018 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won
6-5 over
Kristen Streifel (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2018 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.
Yoshimura finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Anderson 6-2, then won
6-2 against
Penny Barker (Regina, SK) and
8-4 against
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, Yoshimura take home
31.543 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN prize. Yoshimura gained 9.932 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 20thplace overall with
152.768 total points. Yoshimura ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
62.511 points earned so far this season.
