Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost
5-3 to
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the Final of the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, held August 23 - 25, 2019 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koana won
5-1 over
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the semifinals of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;
Koana finished 2-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated
Jentsch 7-4, then won
8-4 against
Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, Koana take home
26.631 world rankings points along with the $1,650CDN prize. Koana move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 24.41 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with
130.498 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.653 points earned so far this season.
