Yoshimura Reaches 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker Semifinals

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.44
PA/G:	5.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) run at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; Yoshimura advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Yoshimura finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 7-6 to Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB), then responded with a 7-1 win over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB). Yoshimura won 6-5 against Zacharias in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 20.578 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.49 after improving upon their best so far this season. Yoshimura ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.347 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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