Koana Runner-Up at 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker

Yamanashi, Japan

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	7.63
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 5-3 to Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the Final of the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, held August 23 - 25, 2019 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koana won 5-1 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the semifinals of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Koana finished 2-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated Jentsch 7-4, then won 8-4 against Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, Koana take home 26.631 world rankings points along with the $1,650CDN prize. Koana move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 24.41 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 130.498 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.653 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

2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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