Ogasawara Reaches 2017 Karuizawa International Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Ayumi
Ogasawara

Third
Yumie
Funayama

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.17
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2017 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Ogasawara advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-5 win over Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Ogasawara finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated Eun-jin Oh (Chun cheon, KOR) 8-2, then went on to lose 6-5 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Ogasawara responded with a 8-3 win over EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Ogasawara won 7-5 against Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ogasawara earned 28.079 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Karuizawa International. Ogasawara move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 27.096 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 36th overall with 188.856 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ogasawara ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 95.614 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

2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, SeulBee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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