CHAMPION: Tabata Wins 2024 Saville U25 Challenge

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Momoha
Tabata

Third
Miku
Nihira

Second
Sae
Yamamoto

Lead
Mikoto
Nakajima

Games:	4
Record:	4W - 0L
PF/G:	12.80
PA/G:	4.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) won 8-1 over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in the Final of the Saville U25 Challenge, held November 22 - 24, 2024 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Tabata won 6-4 over Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; of the 2024 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Tabata finished 2-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tabata defeated Alberta's Abby Whitbread 9-3 to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 9-3 against Miura to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville U25 Challenge Championship title, Tabata earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. For week 17 of the event schedule, Tabata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tabata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	62	38	0	0.620	12-5	6-6	0-3	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	720	624	417	8.67	5.79	2.88	4.76	3.97	1.82	1.46	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	347	422	95	48	16-1	25-2	90-18	1.22	0.27	0.44	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	373	202	322	43	8-3	17-16	28-64	0.54	0.86	0.62	0.31

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