Fujisawa Reaches LGT World Women's Curling Championship Quarters

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Games:	14
Record:	7W - 7L
PF/G:	6.28
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the LGT World Women's Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, CAN). of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Sandviken, Sweden;

Fujisawa finished 7-5 in the 0 team LGT World Women's Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 18 - 26 in , . In their opening game, Fujisawa lost 7-6 to Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN), droppimg another game, 11-2 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) where Fujisawa responded with a 9-8 win over Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO). Fujisawa won 8-3 against Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, USA), then won 10-3 against Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR). Fujisawa went on to lose 7-4 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Fujisawa lost 5-4 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Fujisawa lost 7-3 to Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) where Fujisawa responded with a 7-4 win over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Fujisawa won 6-5 against Einarson, then won 7-1 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) and 7-5 against Jessica Smith (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Fujisawa earned 33.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the LGT World Women's Curling Championship. Fujisawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 22.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 295.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fujisawa ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 295.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	47	18	0	0.723	16-6	5-4	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	505	451	295	8.93	5.84	3.09	5.13	3.88	1.74	1.51	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	242	298	60	33	10-1	21-1	60-10	1.23	0.25	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	263	153	235	17	2-2	13-9	26-60	0.58	0.89	0.53	0.36

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