Walker Finishes Fourth at 2018 Karuizawa International

Edmonton, Canada

SKIP
Laura
Walker

Third
Cathy
Overton-Clapham

Second
Lori
Olson-Johns

Lead
Laine
Peters

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.73
PA/G:	5.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Laura Walker (Edmonton, CAN) lost 7-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Laura Walker (Edmonton, CAN) lost 7-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Walker lost 6-3 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 6-2 over Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Walker finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker defeated Mayu Minami (Aomori, JPN) 5-4, then won 5-4 against Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) and 7-3 against Eun-jin Oh (Jeonju, KOR). Walker won 5-4 against Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Walker take home 17.282 world rankings points along with 4891CDN. Walker move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 13.277 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with 267.066 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 150.117 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

2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Seul-Bee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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