Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2013 Medicine Hat Charity Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Rina
Ida

Second
Risa
Ujihara

Lead
Mao
Ishigaki

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	7.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-2 to Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2013 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 8-2 over Michele Jaggi (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2013 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Yoshimura finished 4-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 10-6 to Tiffany Game (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 8-2 win over Brett Barber (Biggar, SK). Yoshimura won 7-4 against Lisa Johnson (Spruce Grove, AB), then won 8-3 against Amy Nixon (Calgary, AB). Yoshimura went on to lose 8-4 against Sidorova. Yoshimura responded with a 7-1 win over Kelly Wood (Swift Current, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, Yoshimura take home 6.265 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize, moving up 32 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 12.515 total points. Yoshimura ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.265 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	12	15	0	0.444	5-4	0-6	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	215	168	169	7.81	7.86	-0.05	4.65	4.37	1.68	1.80	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	100	115	40	8	2-1	12-4	18-4	1.15	0.40	0.35	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	115	53	129	13	3-5	3-8	4-27	0.46	1.12	0.42	0.29

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