Nakajima Reaches LGT World Women's Curling Championship Semifinals

Nagano, Japan

Fourth
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Chiaki
Matsumura

SKIP
Seina
Nakajima

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	15
Record:	7W - 8L
PF/G:	7.58
PA/G:	7.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) run at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark; Nakajima advanced through the quarterfinals with a 11-3 win over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS). of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark;

Nakajima finished 6-6 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakajima defeated Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) 10-4, then won 9-5 against Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Nakajima went on to lose 10-7 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Nakajima lost 8-4 to Kovaleva where Nakajima responded with a 7-5 win over Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, CAN). Nakajima went on to lose 11-4 against Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon City, KOR). Nakajima lost 7-1 to Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) where Nakajima responded with a 10-4 win over Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Nakajima won 9-3 against Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Nakajima went on to lose 7-6 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Nakajima responded with a 6-4 win over Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN). Nakajima went on to lose 9-8 against Hasselborg in their final qualifying round match.

Nakajima earned 44.571 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the LGT World Women's Curling Championship. Nakajima move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 39.026 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 186.963 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Nakajima ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 186.963 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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