Koike Finishes Fourth at 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship

Hirosaki, Japan

Fourth
Haruka
Saito

SKIP
Kentaro
Koike

Second
Riku
Ozuno

Lead
Keiya
Hase

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	10.47
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.39
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) lost 6-4 to Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) lost 6-4 to Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan. Koike lost 7-2 to Syunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Koike finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koike lost 8-4 to Hayaki Kasai (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Kota Kimura (Wakkanai, JPN). Koike won 13-1 against Hideaki Kurokawa (Nagano, JPN), then won 15-0 against Daichi Sato (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship, Koike take home 2.000 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Koike did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Koike ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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