Tabata6-3 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Momoha
Tabata

Third
Miku
Nihira

Second
Sae
Yamamoto

Lead
Mikoto
Nakajima

Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tabata defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-4 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Tabata responded with a 10-2 win over Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN). Tabata won 14-1 against Ayaka Shimba (Osaka, JPN), then won 11-2 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) and 12-3 against Kai Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN). Tabata went on to lose 6-5 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Tabata responded with a 11-5 win over Fujisawa. Tabata went on to lose 8-7 against Yoshimura in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, Tabata take home 33.000 world rankings points. Tabata move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 21 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 249.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tabata ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 249.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	62	38	0	0.620	12-5	6-6	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	720	624	417	8.67	5.79	2.88	4.76	3.97	1.82	1.46	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	347	422	95	48	16-1	25-2	90-18	1.22	0.27	0.44	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	373	202	322	43	8-3	17-16	28-64	0.54	0.86	0.62	0.31

Duluth's Korey Dropkin (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin their tour season at the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland.

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