Matsumura3-3 at 2021 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	7.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) 8-2, then won 8-0 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). Matsumura went on to lose 5-1 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Matsumura lost 9-5 to Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) where Matsumura responded with a 10-5 win over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK). Matsumura went on to lose 6-5 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Matsumura earned 9.264 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 11 of the event schedule, Matsumura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Matsumura 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
2022	35	19	0	0.648	13-5	4-6	3-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	401	334	253	8.33	6.31	2.02	5.04	3.77	1.65	1.68	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	193	243	26	33	7-0	17-2	47-2	1.26	0.13	0.44	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	208	91	227	15	0-7	6-13	17-46	0.44	1.09	0.50	0.30

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