Kitazawa Reaches Red Deer Curling Classic Quarters

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.00
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the Red Deer Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitmai, JPN). of the Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Emma Artichuk (Waterloo, ON) 8-1, then went on to lose 5-4 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a 6-2 win over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kitazawa won 9-4 against Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 9-3 against Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 5-2 win over Kayla MacMillan (Victoria, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 18.300 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Red Deer Curling Classic. Kitazawa move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -2.794 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 195.831 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 131.050 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	51	36	0	0.586	4-0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	630	516	429	8.19	6.81	1.38	4.89	4.17	1.68	1.63	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	307	365	86	36	7-2	23-3	82-13	1.19	0.28	0.41	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	323	151	343	23	5-10	9-18	19-64	0.47	1.06	0.55	0.29

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