CHAMPION: Kitazawa Wins 2022 KW Fall Classic

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.52
PA/G:	4.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.60

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won 7-1 over Carly Howard (Mississauga, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 22 - 25, 2022 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 7-0 over Katelyn Wasylkiw (Whitby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-5 over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Meaghan Mallett (Toronto, ON) 7-0, then went on to lose 7-1 against Tabata. Kitazawa responded with a 6-3 win over Susan Froud (Alliston, ON). Kitazawa won 5-3 against Abby Deschene (Acton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Kitazawa earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $2,600CDN first prize cheque. Kitazawa gained 3 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 24thplace overall with 105.330 total points. Kitazawa ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 56.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	46	24	0	0.657	12-1	7-6	1-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	507	474	306	9.35	6.04	3.31	5.31	3.93	1.76	1.54	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	233	303	74	19	13-0	20-6	60-9	1.30	0.32	0.43	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	274	171	232	20	5-1	8-20	31-43	0.62	0.85	0.56	0.39

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