Ozeki Reaches 2023 New Year Curling in Miyota 2024 Semifinals

SKIP
Yui
Ozeki

Third
Mao
Ishigaki

Second
Reika
Tateda

Lead
Hinako
Sonobe

Yui Ozeki (Tokyo, JPN) run at the 2023 New Year Curling in Miyota 2024 came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN).

Ozeki finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ozeki defeated Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) 8-3, then won 8-6 against Kai Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN) and 9-6 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Ozeki went on to lose 7-3 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ozeki earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the New Year Curling in Miyota 2024. Ozeki move up 32 spots after posting a net gain of 9.757 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 93rd overall with 25.111 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ozeki ranks 78th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	9	0	0.550	4-1	0-3	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	151	135	104	8.94	6.89	2.05	4.97	4.50	1.80	1.53	0.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	74	100	27	5	7-0	6-2	17-3	1.35	0.36	0.43	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	77	35	77	3	0-2	1-2	7-18	0.45	1.00	0.54	0.34

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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