Morozumi Reaches 2022 Chubu Curling Championships Semifinals

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Masaki
Iwai

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	11.74
PA/G:	5.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) run at the 2022 Chubu Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-6 loss to Minato Hayamizu (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2022 Chubu Curling Championships in Chubu, Japan;

Morozumi finished 4-1 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Hirotaka Ishikuro (Karuizawa, JPN) 17-1, then won 8-1 against Kazuya Uehara (Karuizawa, JPN) and 7-2 against Hayamizu. Morozumi went on to lose 7-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (karuizawa, JPN). Morozumi responded with a 11-5 win over Hitoshi Ishihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Morozumi earned 2.231 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Chubu Curling Championships, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 141st place overall with 17.122 total points. Morozumi ranks 141st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.122 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	17	8	0	0.680	1-3	1-0	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	197	220	114	11.17	5.79	5.38	5.79	3.65	1.93	1.58	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	87	128	19	7	5-0	10-1	24-3	1.47	0.22	0.49	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	110	92	95	4	4-0	5-11	21-15	0.84	0.86	0.55	0.44

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