Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 7-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Curling Championships, held May 21 - 29, 2022 in . To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 7-5 over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Japan Curling Championships in ;

Kitazawa finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa lost 7-4 to Fujisawa, then responded with a 8-7 win over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa won 9-3 against Kana Ogawa (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose 8-5 against Tabata. Kitazawa responded with a 8-4 win over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Kitazawa won 10-3 against Japan's Miori Nakamura, then won 8-3 against Yuna Kotani (Fujiyoshida, JPN) and 13-3 against Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Japan Curling Championships, Kitazawa take home 27.214 world rankings points, moving up 27 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 65.441 total points. Kitazawa ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.441 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	14	7	0	0.667	3-2	6-5	3-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	173	127	107	7.34	6.19	1.16	4.62	4.28	1.59	1.45	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	81	100	22	7	3-0	6-1	20-5	1.23	0.27	0.39	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	92	27	85	12	0-1	0-5	6-12	0.29	0.92	0.69	0.23

Duluth's Korey Dropkin (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin their tour season at the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland.

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