Yoshimura Reaches 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown Quarters

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Mina
Kobayashi

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.63
PA/G:	6.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Yoshimura finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-3 against Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI). Yoshimura responded with a 9-8 win over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Yoshimura won 7-1 against Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI), then won 6-2 against Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 6-4 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 7-3 win over Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown. Yoshimura gained 4.5 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 3 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 33rdplace overall with 90.591 total points. Yoshimura ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 58.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	30	12	0	0.714	6-1	3-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	299	251	169	8.39	5.65	2.74	4.98	3.78	1.68	1.50	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	145	176	35	20	4-1	12-1	40-4	1.21	0.24	0.45	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	154	75	134	17	1-2	4-7	13-25	0.49	0.87	0.61	0.32

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