Onodera3-2 at 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup

Hokkaido, Japan

SKIP
Kota
Onodera

Third
Shun
Tanaka

Second
Hiroki
Tonuma

Lead
Takuya
Ishikawa

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	5.68
PA/G:	7.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.11
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN) finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Onodera lost 7-2 to Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN), then responded with a 5-3 win over Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN). Onodera won 5-4 against Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN). Onodera went on to lose 7-3 against Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN). Onodera responded with a 6-5 win over Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

. Onodera gained -0.165 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 25 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 557thplace overall with 0.332 total points. Onodera ranks 683rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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