Noguchi Runner-Up at 2023 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi,Miyagi-ken, JPN) lost 7-6 to Kouki Tonuma (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 3 - 4, 2023 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Noguchi won 5-3 over Masaki Fujimura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals

Noguchi finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Noguchi defeated Chikara Segawa (Morioka, JPN) 9-3, then won 6-3 against Tonuma and 4-2 against Satoru Tsukamoto (Yamanakako, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, Noguchi take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $465CDN prize. Noguchi gained 23.25 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 120 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 120thplace overall with 23.250 total points. Noguchi ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	11	0	0.476	1-0	4-2	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	153	124	130	8.10	8.50	-0.39	4.77	4.58	1.70	1.86	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	74	98	25	5	5-0	5-2	20-5	1.32	0.34	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	79	26	105	5	1-5	0-8	2-18	0.33	1.33	0.43	0.25

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