Yoshimura Reaches 2024 KIOTI National Quarters

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mina
Kobayashi

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.15
PA/G:	7.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.07

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2024 KIOTI National playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). of the 2024 KIOTI National in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Yoshimura finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 6-3 to Eun ji Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Yoshimura responded with a 6-5 win over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB). Yoshimura won 6-4 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 7 finish in the KIOTI National. Yoshimura move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 16.25 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 199.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	62	38	0	0.620	10-4	7-5	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	772	598	478	7.75	6.19	1.55	4.70	4.20	1.65	1.48	1.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	375	441	110	39	10-3	28-2	94-19	1.18	0.29	0.39	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	397	157	368	46	3-2	10-21	23-73	0.40	0.93	0.61	0.26

2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Brendan Bottcher
Ottawa, ON
2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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