Nakajima5-3 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Seina
Nakajima

Third
Minori
Suzuki

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Sae
Yamamoto

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	7.13
PA/G:	7.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakajima lost 9-2 to Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 9-6 win over Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi. Nakajima went on to lose 8-2 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Nakajima responded with a 10-4 win over Japan's Misaki Tanaka. Nakajima won 8-3 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN), then won 7-5 against Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) and 9-7 against Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN). Nakajima went on to lose 7-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Nakajima earned 8.465 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 159 spots the World Ranking Standings into 188th place overall with 8.465 total points. Nakajima ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.465 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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