Saitou3-5 at 2015 Japan Curling Championships

Aomori, Japan

SKIP
Natsuki
Saitou

Third
Haruka
Kihara

Second
Momo
Kaneda

Lead
Tomoeri
Yamashita

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	6.62
PA/G:	8.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Natsuki Saitou (Aomori, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Saitou lost 8-2 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 14-3 to Mari Motohashi (Aomori, JPN) where Saitou responded with a 7-5 win over Masami Fujii (Nayaro, JPN). Saitou won 8-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN). Saitou went on to lose 7-4 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN). Saitou lost 9-7 to Touka Furuta (Kitami, JPN). Saitou lost 11-8 to Japan's Rina Ida where Saitou responded with a 8-3 win over Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Saitou earned 0.715 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 118 spots the World Ranking Standings into 234th place overall with 0.715 total points. Saitou ranks 193rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.715 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

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