Matsumura4-1 at 2021 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Yuta
Matsumura

Third
Tetsuro
Shimizu

Second
Yasumasa
Tanida

Lead
Shinya
Abe

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	9.25
PA/G:	7.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) finished 4-1 in the 24 team Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 14 - 18, 2021 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, Matsumura defeated John Epping (Toronto, ON) 7-6, then won 9-1 against Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON) and 6-4 against Jason Camm (Navan, ON). Matsumura won 7-1 against Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC). Matsumura went on to lose 9-2 against Sebastien Robillard (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic playoffs earned Matsumura 12.375 world rankings points. For week 12 of the event schedule, Matsumura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Matsumura 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
0	4	2	0	0.667	3-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	40	37	31	9.25	7.75	1.50	5.00	4.25	1.85	1.82	0.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	20	30	4	2	2-0	3-0	3-1	1.50	0.20	0.44	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	20	7	27	1	0-1	0-2	2-4	0.35	1.35	0.50	0.25

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