Fujisawa Reaches KIOTI National Quarters

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the KIOTI National playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 12-3 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB). of the KIOTI National in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Fujisawa finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) 8-5, then won 6-3 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa went on to lose 5-3 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Fujisawa responded with a 5-4 win over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Fujisawa earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KIOTI National, remaining in 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.375 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 174.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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