Morozumi Runner-Up at 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 6-2 to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, held October 17 - 22, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won 7-4 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won 9-5 over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Morozumi finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi lost 8-4 to Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO), then responded with a 8-2 win over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Morozumi won 7-5 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). Morozumi went on to lose 9-4 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, Morozumi take home 30.250 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN prize. Morozumi move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 17.234 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 166.578 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 101.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	55	35	0	0.611	19-7	11-8	6-5	3-1	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	622	532	433	8.55	6.96	1.59	4.86	4.24	1.76	1.64	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	307	385	107	28	13-3	29-6	76-13	1.25	0.35	0.42	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	315	147	326	28	2-3	11-27	24-67	0.47	1.03	0.50	0.30

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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