CHAMPION: Nakajima Wins 2019 ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships

Fourth
Chiaki
Matsumura

Third
Ikue
Kitazawa

SKIP
Seina
Nakajima

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) won 11-3 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships, held February 12 - 17, 2019 in Sapporo, Japan.

Nakajima finished 8-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakajima defeated Fujisawa 6-5, then won 10-1 against Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN) and 9-4 against Mayu Natsuizaka (Sapporo, JPN). Nakajima won 9-1 against Aki Goto (Suzuka, JPN), then won 6-5 against Kaede Kudo (Tokyo, JPN) and 9-3 against Wakaba Kawamura (Aomori, JPN). Nakajima won 9-8 against Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN), then won 9-7 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships Championship title, Nakajima earned 40.969 world rankings points. Nakajima move up 11 spots after posting a net gain of 36.981 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 147.937 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Nakajima ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 147.937 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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