Kitazawa Reaches 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) run at the 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship in Tokoro, Japan;

Kitazawa finished 5-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Riho Zaikan (Okayama, JPN) 12-3, then won 9-3 against Aoi Watanabe (Chubu, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose 7-6 against Yuna Kotani (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a 5-3 win over Ueno. Kitazawa went on to lose 7-6 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a 7-4 win over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kitazawa won 8-4 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 24.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship. Kitazawa move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -12.625 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 148.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 148.625 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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