Yoshimura Reaches 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker Semifinals

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

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

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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