Koana Reaches 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic Quarters

Fujiyoshida, Japan

Fourth
Junko
Nishimuro

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Second
Yuna
Kotani

Lead
Mao
Ishigaki

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.80
PA/G:	6.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Efficiency:	0.57

Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Koana finished 5-2 in the 32 team Canad Inns Women's Classic qualifying round, held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. In their opening game, Koana lost 6-4 to Cory Christensen (Chaska, USA), then responded with a 7-3 win over Janelle Vachon (Stonewall, MB). Koana won 8-7 against Allison Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB), then won 5-1 against Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) and 9-3 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN). Koana went on to lose 6-3 against Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN). Koana responded with a 7-5 win over Lauren Horton (Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Koana earned 30.438 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Canad Inns Women's Classic. Koana move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 26.236 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 84.978 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.364 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	3	0	0.625	4-0	1-3	1-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	59	46	39	7.80	6.61	1.19	6.10	3.56	1.28	1.86	0.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	22	21	13	0	0-0	1-2	4-2	0.95	0.59	0.23	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	37	25	26	2	0-0	1-2	2-8	0.68	0.70	0.29	0.57

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