Kitazawa Reaches 2024 Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	9.43
PA/G:	4.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.59

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the 2024 Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). of the 2024 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 3-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 7-2, then won 8-0 against Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) and 10-3 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose 5-4 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix. For week 14 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

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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