Tsuruga Runner-Up at 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kohane
Tsuruga

Third
Suzune
Yasui

Second
Mikoto
Nakajima

Lead
Ayami
Ito

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.65
PA/G:	5.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.07
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-3 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 10 - 13, 2023 in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Tsuruga won 9-1 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals

Tsuruga finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuruga defeated Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) 8-4, then won 8-2 against Japan's Minami Nakao. Tsuruga went on to lose 5-4 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Tsuruga take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $4,646CDN prize, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 34.500 total points. Tsuruga ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Ami Enami, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Yusuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2023: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Mina Kobayashi, Connor Njegovan
Sapporo, JPN

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