Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2013 Medicine Hat Charity Classic

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Rina
Ida

Second
Risa
Ujihara

Lead
Mao
Ishigaki

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	7.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 8-2 to Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 8-2 over Michele Jaggi (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2013 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in , Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Nagano, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Yoshimura finished 4-2 in the 20 team Medicine Hat Charity Classic qualifying round, held October 18 - 21, 2013 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in , Canada. In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 10-6 to Tiffany Game (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 8-2 win over Brett Barber (Biggar, SK). Yoshimura won 7-4 against Lisa Johnson (Spruce Grove, AB), then won 8-3 against Amy Nixon (Calgary, AB). Yoshimura went on to lose 8-4 against Sidorova. Yoshimura responded with a 7-1 win over Kelly Wood (Swift Current, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, Yoshimura take home 6.265 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize, moving up 32 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 12.515 total points. Yoshimura ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.265 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	6	3	0	0.667	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	57	56	43	9.82	7.54	2.28	5.09	4.39	1.93	1.72	0.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	25	41	5	1	2-0	5-0	5-1	1.64	0.20	0.50	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	32	15	38	2	0-1	2-3	2-7	0.47	1.19	0.48	0.28

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