Bronze for Kitazawa at 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.71
PA/G:	4.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won 6-0 over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. of the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan; Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won 6-0 over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. Kitazawa lost 6-5 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Kitazawa finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Suhyeon Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 10-4, then won 9-2 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) and 7-4 against Nakamura. Kitazawa won 8-4 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Kitazawa earn 9.000 world rankings points and 1858CDN, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 158.500 total points. Kitazawa ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	11-3	6-4	1-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	421	373	247	8.86	5.87	2.99	5.15	4.09	1.72	1.44	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	199	265	46	17	8-0	19-0	57-9	1.33	0.23	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	222	108	201	15	3-0	8-13	11-40	0.49	0.91	0.61	0.32

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