Koana4-4 at 2020 Japan National Championship

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana lost 6-5 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 13-1 win over Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN). Koana won 7-4 against Honoka Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN), then won 11-2 against Shiori Fujisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Koana went on to lose 10-4 against Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN). Koana lost 9-6 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Koana lost 8-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) where Koana responded with a 8-3 win over Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Koana earned 17.456 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan National Championship. For week 30 of the event schedule, Koana did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Koana ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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