Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.17
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 6-4 to Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held September 1 - 4, 2022 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 5-4 over Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;

Yoshimura finished 3-0 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) 9-4, then won 8-3 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) and 7-2 against Yamamoto in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, Yoshimura take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $4,569CDN prize. For week 5 of the event schedule, Yoshimura did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 29th to 30th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 76.009 total points. Yoshimura ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.500 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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