Minami Reaches 2019 Karuizawa International Quarters

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Mayu
Minami

Third
Kana
Ogawa

Second
Momo
Kaneta

Lead
Yui
Tanaka

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	5.12
PA/G:	9.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.10

Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2019 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-2 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS).

Minami finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Minami lost 6-0 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-2 to Sidorova where Minami responded with a 9-6 win over Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC). Minami went on to lose 5-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Minami responded with a 5-4 win over Misako Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Minami earned 8.663 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 45 spots the World Ranking Standings into 146th place overall with 14.554 total points. Minami ranks 128th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.422 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

2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, SeulBee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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