Koana4-4 at 2015 Japan Curling Championships

Fourth
Junko
Nishimuro

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Second
Misato
Yanagisawa

Lead
Riko
Toyoda

Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN) 10-1, then went on to lose 6-4 against Masami Fujii (Nayaro, JPN). Koana lost 9-8 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Koana lost 7-5 to Japan's Rina Ida where Koana responded with a 9-6 win over Touka Furuta (Kitami, JPN). Koana won 13-5 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN), then won 9-5 against Mari Motohashi (Aomori, JPN). Koana went on to lose 8-3 against Natsuki Saitou (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Koana earned 2.600 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 137 spots the World Ranking Standings into 177th place overall with 2.600 total points. Koana ranks 141st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.600 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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