Natsuizaka3-5 at 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Mayu
Natsuizaka

Third
Mari
Ikawa

Second
Tamaki
Kogawa

Lead
Anri
Sato

Mayu Natsuizaka (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Natsuizaka lost 11-1 to Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN), then responded with a 8-7 win over Aki Goto (Suzuka, JPN). Natsuizaka went on to lose 9-4 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 8-6 to Kaede Kudo (Tokyo, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 9-1 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 8-1 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Natsuizaka responded with a 14-2 win over Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN). Natsuizaka won 9-4 against Wakaba Kawamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Natsuizaka earned 6.145 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 76 spots the World Ranking Standings into 185th place overall with 7.765 total points. Natsuizaka ranks 185th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.765 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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