Matsumura/Tanida Runner-Up at 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #1

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) lost 7-5 to Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #1, held September 23 - 25, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won 7-2 over Cheryl Damen/Tyler van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #1 in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Matsumura/Tanida finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated Ashley Kalk/Craig MacAlpine (Edmonton, AB) 8-7, then won 7-1 against Emma Wiens/Andrew Nowell (Weyburn, SK) and 7-4 against Walker/Muyres in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Doubles #1, Matsumura/Tanida take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $650CDN prize, remaining in 548th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 42.920 total points. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	31	8	0	0.795	5-2	5-0	2-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	285	270	197	9.47	6.91	2.56	5.47	4.49	1.73	1.54	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	134	196	51	0	12-2	14-1	29-7	1.46	0.38	0.41	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	151	74	146	1	0-5	2-6	12-26	0.49	0.97	0.60	0.38

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