Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2023 New Year Curling in Miyota 2024

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 6-3 to Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the Final of the New Year Curling in Miyota 2024, held December 29 - January 1, 2024 at the Miyota Curling Club in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 6-3 over Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 New Year Curling in Miyota 2024 in Miyota, Japan, Japan;

Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Kai Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN) 12-8, then won 7-4 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) and 9-3 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI). Yoshimura won 7-3 against Yui Ozeki (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Year Curling in Miyota 2024, Yoshimura take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $5,553CDN prize, remaining in 19th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -1.836 after improving upon their best so far this season. Yoshimura ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

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2023: Miori Nakamura
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