Ueno Reaches 2023 Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major Quarters

SKIP
Miyu
Ueno

Third
Asuka
Kanai

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Yui
Ueno

Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Yu Han (Beijing, CHN).

Ueno finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno defeated Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 6-2 against Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB). Ueno went on to lose 8-3 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Ueno responded with a 5-3 win over Jessie Hunkin (Spruce Grove, AB). Ueno went on to lose 6-3 against Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Ueno responded with a 8-3 win over Marks. Ueno won 8-6 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ueno earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Hack2House Alberta Curling Series Major, remaining in 44th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ueno ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	33	0	0.548	9-9	8-6	1-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	575	394	360	6.85	6.26	0.59	4.47	4.19	1.53	1.49	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	285	293	82	41	4-1	15-3	65-13	1.03	0.29	0.34	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	290	101	278	36	3-4	4-15	11-55	0.35	0.96	0.59	0.25

2024: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2023: Yu Han
Yu Han, Meini Wang, Linyuan Tian, Jiaxin Yu , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano, JPN

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