Kotani2-6 at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

Fujiyoshida, Japan

SKIP
Yuna
Kotani

Third
Arisa
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Michiko
Tomabechi

Games:	8
Record:	2W - 6L
PF/G:	6.29
PA/G:	8.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Yuna Kotani (Fujiyoshida, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kotani defeated Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN) 10-2, then won 10-5 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Kotani went on to lose 9-1 against Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Kotani lost 8-5 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kotani lost 9-4 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kotani lost 8-5 to Kana Ogawa (Sapporo, JPN). Kotani lost 8-3 to Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Kotani lost 7-6 to Japan's Miori Nakamura in their final qualifying round match.

Kotani earned 3.711 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with 41.055 total points. Kotani ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.055 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	16	11	0	0.593	6-5	0-2	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	208	175	132	8.41	6.35	2.07	5.19	3.89	1.62	1.63	0.91

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	97	107	25	8	3-0	2-1	23-3	1.10	0.26	0.31	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	111	68	107	11	5-3	1-8	10-21	0.61	0.96	0.48	0.35

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