Koana Runner-Up at 2015 Uiseong International Curling Tour

Yamanashi, Japan

Fourth
Junko
Nishimuro

Third
Misato
Yanagisawa

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Lead
Riko
Toyoda

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 5-3 to EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Uiseong International Curling Tour, held August 21 - 23, 2015 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Koana won 5-4 over Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2015 Uiseong International Curling Tour in Uiseong, Korea;

Koana finished 3-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana lost 7-3 to Kim, then responded with a 4-3 win over Ida. Koana went on to lose 6-3 against Ji Suk Kim (JeonBuk, KOR). Koana responded with a 18-2 win over Olga Ten (Almaty, KAZ). Koana won 5-2 against Hyeji Jang (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Uiseong International Curling Tour, Koana take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,103CDN prize. Koana gained 5.2 points improving upon their best events, though dropped 123 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 123rdplace overall with 5.200 total points. Koana ranks 369th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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