Yoshimura Reaches 2018 Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup Quarters

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). of the 2018 Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup in Danderyd, Sweden, Sweden;

Yoshimura finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 8-6 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 7-6 win over Anette Norberg (Stocksund, SWE). Yoshimura won 9-5 against Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI), then won 9-4 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 21.364 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 12.585 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 165.353 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 84.122 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

2018: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2017: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Zurich, SUI
2016: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Cissi Ostlund, Sabina Kraupp, Sara Carlsson
Karlstad, SWE
2011: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Liudmila Privivkova, Nkeiruka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2010: Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott, Carmen Schaefer, Carmen Kueng, Janine Greiner
Davos, SUI
2007: Anette Norberg
Mirjam Ott, Carmen Schaefer, Carmen Kueng, Janine Greiner
, SWE
2006: Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin, Lynn Cameron, Debbie Knox, Claire Milne
, SCO

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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