Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2023 ADVICS Cup

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	9.23
PA/G:	6.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 8-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the ADVICS Cup, held August 24 - 27, 2023 at the Tokoro Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kitazawa won 7-2 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan; of the 2023 ADVICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Kitazawa finished 2-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Yui Oozeki (Tokyo, JPN) 7-3, then won 7-3 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ADVICS Cup, Kitazawa take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $4,646CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with 175.000 total points. Kitazawa ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.500 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

2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida , JD Lind
Kitami, JPN
2022: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2019: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN

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