Kitazawa2-2 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Ami
Enami

Lead
Minori
Suzuki

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	9.71
PA/G:	4.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.82
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa lost 7-5 to Kohane Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 6-4 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa won 18-0 against Ayaka Shimba (Osaka, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose 6-5 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 28 of the event schedule, Kitazawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 15th place on the World Ranking Standings with 172.750 total points. Kitazawa ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 172.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	60	39	0	0.606	7-1	8-7	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	723	596	464	8.24	6.42	1.83	4.84	4.20	1.70	1.53	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	350	393	128	38	11-2	25-5	81-23	1.12	0.37	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	373	203	336	31	5-3	13-21	32-69	0.54	0.90	0.57	0.34

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