Suzuki Runner-Up at 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

Fourth
Megumi
Kanai

Third
Maki
Yamada

SKIP
Akane
Suzuki

Lead
Yuri
Nakajima

Akane Suzuki (Kanagawa, JPN) lost 7-4 to Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) in the Final of the Kanto Curling Championships, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in Kanto, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Suzuki won 6-4 over Japan's Ayako Tanimoto in the semifinals of the 2022 Kanto Curling Championships in Kanto, Japan;

Suzuki finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Suzuki lost 7-5 to Sayuri Matsuhashi (Tokyo, JPN), then responded with a 7-2 win over Japan's Yukihiko Nakamura. Suzuki won 5-4 against Japan's Misato Yanagisawa in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kanto Curling Championships, Suzuki take home 4.538 world rankings points, moving up 182 spots the World Ranking Standings into 172nd place overall with 4.538 total points. Suzuki ranks 146th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.538 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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