Yoshimura Reaches 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series Quarters

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Mina
Kobayashi

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan;

Yoshimura finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 8-7 to Lorraine Schneider (Regina, SK), then responded with a 6-0 win over Stephanie Thompson (Regina, SK). Yoshimura won 7-3 against Amelie Blais (Saskatoon, SK), then won 8-4 against Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 10.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series. Yoshimura move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 10.082 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 86.091 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.000 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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