Koana5-3 at 2017 Japan Curling Championships

Yamanashi, Japan

Fourth
Junko
Nishimuro

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Second
Yuna
Kotani

Lead
Mao
Ishigaki

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	8.99
PA/G:	6.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated Misato Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) 7-2, then won 12-1 against Chiaki Fukui (Hokkaido, JPN) and 9-5 against Mayu Natsuizaka (sapporo, JPN). Koana won 11-8 against Azusa Arakawa (Hokkaido, JPN). Koana went on to lose 7-6 against Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Koana lost 9-6 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN). Koana lost 9-7 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Koana responded with a 10-4 win over Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Koana earned 12.113 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 97th place overall with 52.122 total points. Koana ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.485 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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