Kitazawa Reaches Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major Semifinals

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) run at the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Kate Cameron (Winnipeg, MB). of the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; Kitazawa advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-5 win over Jessie Hunkin (Spruce Grove, AB). of the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Jodi Vaughan (Lethbridge, AB) 6-4, then won 8-3 against Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) and 7-2 against Cameron in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 17.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major, remaining in 19th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kitazawa ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	11-3	6-4	1-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	421	373	247	8.86	5.87	2.99	5.15	4.09	1.72	1.44	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	199	265	46	17	8-0	19-0	57-9	1.33	0.23	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	222	108	201	15	3-0	8-13	11-40	0.49	0.91	0.61	0.32

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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