Kitazawa Reaches 2023 Stu Sells Tankard Quarters

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.82
PA/G:	4.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.88
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Stu Sells Tankard playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-3 against Yu Han (Beijing, CHN).

Kitazawa finished 4-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) 6-3, then won 8-1 against Hailey Armstrong (Ottawa, ON) and 7-2 against Sarah Bailey (St. Catharines, ON). Kitazawa won 6-4 against Jessica Daigle (Halifax , NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells Tankard. Kitazawa gained 3 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 21stplace overall with 157.625 total points. Kitazawa ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	11-3	6-4	1-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	421	373	247	8.86	5.87	2.99	5.15	4.09	1.72	1.44	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	199	265	46	17	8-0	19-0	57-9	1.33	0.23	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	222	108	201	15	3-0	8-13	11-40	0.49	0.91	0.61	0.32

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2019: Kira Brunton
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2018: Kira Brunton
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