Koana Reaches 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Semifinals

Yamanashi, Japan

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	6.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) run at the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; of the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Koana finished 5-0 in the 12 team Mother Club Fall Curling Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Koana defeated Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB) 5-2, then won 8-7 against Ann Podoll (Fargo, ND) and 7-2 against Serena Gray-Withers (). Koana won 7-5 against Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-5 against Cannon in their final qualifying round match.

Koana earned 14.949 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic. Koana move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.501 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 37th overall with 118.960 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.580 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	1	0	0.833	2-0	3-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	46	37	28	8.04	6.09	1.96	5.43	4.35	1.48	1.40	0.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	23	6	1	0-0	3-0	2-0	1.05	0.27	0.24	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	24	14	22	0	0-0	1-3	2-2	0.58	0.92	0.64	0.42

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