Ogasawara8-0 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Ayumi
Ogasawara

Third
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	8.63
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) finished 8-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) 8-2, then won 9-6 against Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN) and 8-2 against Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN). Ogasawara won 10-4 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN), then won 8-1 against Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi and 7-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Ogasawara won 9-4 against Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN), then won 7-2 against Japan's Misaki Tanaka in their final qualifying round match.

Ogasawara earned 11.991 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.517 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ogasawara ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 143.300 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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