Tsuruga4-3 at 2024 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Kohane
Tsuruga

Third
Suzune
Yasui

Second
Mikoto
Nakajima

Lead
Ayami
Ito

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	6.39
PA/G:	7.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuruga lost 7-3 to Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 6-4 win over Atsuki Akimoto (Hokkaido, JPN). Tsuruga went on to lose 8-4 against Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN). Tsuruga responded with a 6-1 win over Miyuki Kawamura (Hokkaido, JPN). Tsuruga won 6-3 against Wakaba Kawamura (Obihiro, JPN). Tsuruga went on to lose 8-2 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Tsuruga responded with a 6-4 win over Hazuki Kimura (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Tsuruga earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 111th place overall with 19.594 total points. Tsuruga ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	9	0	0.438	3-4	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	117	80	85	6.84	7.27	-0.43	4.70	4.36	1.45	1.67	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	59	51	28	5	1-0	2-2	8-5	0.86	0.47	0.20	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	58	29	57	6	1-3	1-2	4-11	0.50	0.98	0.50	0.34

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