Koana Runner-Up at 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Camrose

Fujiyoshida, Japan

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	5.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) lost 7-5 to Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Camrose, held November 5 - 7, 2021 at the Rose City Curling Club in Camrose, . To advance to the championship game, Koana won 5-2 over Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Camrose in Camrose;

Koana finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated Deb Santos (Edmonton, AB) 9-6, then won 6-5 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Airdrie, AB) and 7-2 against Olivia Jones (Okotoks, AB). Koana won 5-4 against Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series: Camrose, Koana take home 16.226 world rankings points along with the $1,761CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 117.749 total points. Koana ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.156 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: Youbeen Park
Youbeen Park, Eunchae Lee, Jiyoon Kim, Seunghee Yang, Jin Hee Ahn
Seoul, KOR
2023: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Jennifer Van Wieren, Megan Anderson, Holly Baird, Pam Appelman
Edmonton, AB
2021: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB

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