CHAMPION: Jentsch Wins 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling

Fuessen, Germany

SKIP
Daniela
Jentsch

Third
Emira
Abbes

Second
Mia
Hoehne

Lead
Analena
Jentsch

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) won 7-4 over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling, held December 30 - January 1, 2023 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Jentsch won 8-4 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota, Japan; and won 6-5 over Isabelle Ladouceur (Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota, Japan;

Jentsch finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jentsch lost 7-1 to Kanai, then responded with a 8-5 win over Yuri Nakajima (Miyota, JPN). Jentsch won 9-3 against 's in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling Championship title, Jentsch earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $10,449CDN first prize cheque. Jentsch move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 14.625 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 142.108 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jentsch ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	49	39	0	0.557	17-10	8-14	4-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	666	525	459	7.88	6.89	0.99	4.55	4.32	1.73	1.59	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	332	380	133	41	17-6	27-4	63-19	1.14	0.40	0.37	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	334	145	326	34	2-2	7-23	29-69	0.43	0.98	0.54	0.29

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