Sasaki Reaches 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series Quarters

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Honoka
Sasaki

Third
Mari
Motohashi

Second
Miki
Hayashi

Lead
Ayuna
Aoki

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	8.18
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.21
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon , KOR).

Sasaki finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki defeated Sherrilee Orsted (Regina, SK) 7-6, then went on to lose 7-4 against Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB). Sasaki lost 5-4 to Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) where Sasaki responded with a 8-2 win over Stephanie Thompson (Regina, SK). Sasaki won 10-3 against Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Sasaki earned 10.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series. Sasaki move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 10.321 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 76th overall with 28.022 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sasaki ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	14	22	0	0.389	3-5	1-6	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	283	200	216	7.07	7.63	-0.57	4.59	4.77	1.54	1.60	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	140	150	59	6	3-2	8-3	28-9	1.07	0.42	0.29	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	143	50	157	12	0-2	5-11	6-30	0.35	1.10	0.56	0.24

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