CHAMPION: Koana Wins 2022 Kanto Curling Championships

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) won 7-4 over Akane Suzuki (Kanagawa, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Koana won 11-1 over Sayuri Matsuhashi (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals

Koana finished 3-0 in the 8 team Kanto Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 14 - 16, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Koana defeated Ayako Tanimoto (Japan) 11-2, then won 8-1 against Asami Sasada (Japan) and 14-0 against Ayumi Yokota (Chiba, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kanto Curling Championships Championship title, Koana earned 6.188 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 43rd place overall with 80.640 total points. Koana ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.344 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	0	0	1.000	5-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	34	51	8	15.00	2.35	12.65	6.76	2.06	2.22	1.14	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	12	26	0	2	3-0	0-0	5-0	2.17	0.00	0.80	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	22	25	8	2	2-0	1-0	3-1	1.14	0.36	0.86	0.59

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