Sasaki3-5 at 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Honoka
Sasaki

Third
Mari
Motohashi

Second
Miki
Hayashi

Lead
Ayuna
Aoki

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	6.76
PA/G:	8.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki lost 6-5 to Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN), then responded with a 8-4 win over Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Sasaki went on to lose 8-5 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Sasaki lost 13-4 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 9-7 win over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Sasaki went on to lose 11-1 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). Sasaki lost 9-7 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 11-4 win over Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sasaki earned 5.063 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sasaki move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 4.883 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with 43.867 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sasaki ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	14	22	0	0.389	3-5	1-6	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	283	200	216	7.07	7.63	-0.57	4.59	4.77	1.54	1.60	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	140	150	59	6	3-2	8-3	28-9	1.07	0.42	0.29	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	143	50	157	12	0-2	5-11	6-30	0.35	1.10	0.56	0.24

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