Sasaki Reaches 2023 MCT Curling Cup Semifinals

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Honoka
Sasaki

Third
Mari
Motohashi

Second
Miki
Hayashi

Lead
Mayumi
Saito

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.35
PA/G:	7.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) run at the 2023 MCT Curling Cup came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-0 loss to Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN). of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Sasaki advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-3 win over Rachel Kaatz (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Sasaki finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki defeated Shae Bevan (Winnipeg, MB) 6-2, then won 6-3 against Emily Cherwinski (Winnipeg, MB). Sasaki went on to lose 6-5 against Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Sasaki earned 6.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Curling Cup. Sasaki move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 0.79599999999999 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 67.562 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sasaki ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	24	0	0.510	5-3	3-6	1-1	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	355	252	259	7.10	7.30	-0.20	4.48	4.70	1.58	1.55	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	181	185	82	16	3-4	9-5	45-6	1.02	0.45	0.35	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	174	67	177	13	1-2	3-8	12-39	0.39	1.02	0.57	0.26

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