Kitazawa Reaches 2024 Saville Shootout Semifinals

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.22
PA/G:	4.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) run at the 2024 Saville Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-3 loss to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). of the 2024 Saville Shootout in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Kitazawa advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB).

Kitazawa finished 5-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND) 6-3, then won 10-3 against Fujisawa and 12-1 against Kaylee McNamee (Calgary, AB). Kitazawa won 5-3 against Robyn Silvernagle (Sexsmith, AB), then won 6-5 against Jolene Campbell (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 27.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Saville Shootout. For week 6 of the event schedule, Kitazawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kitazawa 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
2025	60	39	0	0.606	7-1	8-7	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	723	596	464	8.24	6.42	1.83	4.84	4.20	1.70	1.53	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	350	393	128	38	11-2	25-5	81-23	1.12	0.37	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	373	203	336	31	5-3	13-21	32-69	0.54	0.90	0.57	0.34

2025: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Karlee Burgess, Krysten Karwacki, Reid Carruthers
Gimli, MB
2024: Momoha Tabata
Momoha Tabata, Miku Nihira, Sae Yamamoto, Mikoto Nakajima, Ayami Ito
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB
2017: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray, Kelly Schafer
Perth , SCO
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2014: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
Edmonton, AB
2013: Crystal Rumberg
Crystal Rumberg, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2012: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Kirsten Wall, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2010: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
Edmonton, AB
2009: Cathy King
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Edmonton, AB
2008: Mirjam Ott
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Davos, SUI
2007: Bingyu Wang
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Harbin, CHN
2006: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Nikki Smith, Twyla Bruce, Tina McDonald
Grande Prairie, AB

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