CHAMPION: Koana/Aoki Wins 2023 Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.41
PA/G:	7.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) won 6-4 over Ashley Thevenot/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles, held October 20 - 22, 2023 at the Martensville Curling Club in Martensville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koana/Aoki won 9-8 over Ziqi Dong/Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-4 over Amanda Kuzyk/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Koana/Aoki finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana/Aoki defeated Shelby Lamontagne/Grady LaMontagne (Moose Jaw, SK) 6-3, then won 9-8 against Jill Springer/Garret Springer (Regina, SK). Koana/Aoki went on to lose 10-2 against Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Koana/Aoki responded with a 8-2 win over Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles Championship title, Koana/Aoki earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Koana/Aoki did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 128th place on the World Ranking Standings with 10.312 total points. Koana/Aoki ranks 460th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	3	0	0.912	6-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	222	264	119	11.89	5.36	6.53	6.53	3.47	1.82	1.55	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	90	160	17	0	10-0	14-1	21-1	1.78	0.19	0.50	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	132	104	102	0	2-6	6-3	17-15	0.79	0.77	0.62	0.52

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