Kitazawa Reaches 2022 Saville Shoot-Out Quarters

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.75
PA/G:	8.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the 2022 Saville Shoot-Out playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR). of the 2022 Saville Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 9-1 against Gim. Kitazawa lost 8-7 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) where Kitazawa responded with a 6-1 win over Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK). Kitazawa won 5-4 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 19.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Shoot-Out. Kitazawa move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 12 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 79.205 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	46	24	0	0.657	12-1	7-6	1-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	507	474	306	9.35	6.04	3.31	5.31	3.93	1.76	1.54	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	233	303	74	19	13-0	20-6	60-9	1.30	0.32	0.43	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	274	171	232	20	5-1	8-20	31-43	0.62	0.85	0.56	0.39

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