Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 6-5 to Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 7-4 over Hollie Duncan (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won 7-5 over Julie Tippin (Woodstock, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Jenna Enge (Thunder Bay, NONT) 10-3, then won 6-4 against Lauren Horton (Waterloo, ON) and 4-3 against Duncan. Yoshimura won 8-2 against Annmarie Dubberstein (Chaska, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, Yoshimura take home 32.821 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 14.723 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 201.487 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 138.307 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

2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken
Vancouver, BC
2019: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang
Chuncheon, KOR
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jacqueline Harrison
Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Nicole Westlund Stewart
Mississauga, ON
2015: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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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