Fujisawa Runner-Up at 2024 Pan-Continental Championships

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) lost 11-6 to Eun ji Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the Final of the Pan-Continental Championships, held October 29 - November 4, 2023 in Kelowna, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Fujisawa won 10-8 over Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, USA) in the semifinals of the 2024 Pan-Continental Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia;

Fujisawa finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Jessica Smith (Nasbey, NZL) 9-4, then won 10-7 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, CAN) and 9-1 against Adriana Camarena (Mexico City, MEX). Fujisawa won 10-1 against Cynthia Lu (Taipei City, TPE). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-2 against Gim. Fujisawa responded with a 8-3 win over Peterson. Fujisawa won 10-4 against Australia's Jennifer Westhagen in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Pan-Continental Championships, Fujisawa take home 35.750 world rankings points, remaining in 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 31.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	45	28	0	0.616	15-3	5-5	6-1	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	552	442	346	8.01	6.27	1.74	4.84	4.17	1.66	1.50	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	262	306	76	29	4-0	25-4	66-13	1.17	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	290	136	270	26	4-2	7-11	20-66	0.47	0.93	0.55	0.31

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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