Kitazawa Reaches 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship Semifinals

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	9.45
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) run at the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-6 loss to Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan;

Kitazawa finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa lost 11-8 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 9-3 win over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). Kitazawa won 12-2 against Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN), then won 8-5 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) and 10-4 against Suzuki. Kitazawa went on to lose 8-6 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a 12-1 win over Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Kitazawa won 11-8 against Kanai in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Kitazawa move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 10.945 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 147.055 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 138.875 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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