Yoshimura Runner-Up at 2019 Masters

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.61
PA/G:	6.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-5 to Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 7-4 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario; and won 6-4 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario;

Yoshimura finished 3-1 in the 15 team Masters qualifying round, held October 22 - 27, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 10-3 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 6-4 win over Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). Yoshimura won 5-4 against Fleury, then won 5-4 against Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Masters, Yoshimura take home 66.229 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 50.141 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 301.847 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 132.701 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	2	0	0.714	1-0	4-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	37	37	6.61	6.61	0.00	4.29	4.64	1.54	1.42	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	28	29	9	3	0-0	0-1	10-1	1.04	0.32	0.40	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	8	28	3	0-0	1-1	1-6	0.29	1.00	0.65	0.18

2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
Caledon, ON
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2013: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2012: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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