Koana Finishes Fourth at 2019 Karuizawa International

Yamanashi, Japan

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Arisa
Kotani

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.83
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 6-3 to Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 6-3 to Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Koana lost 4-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 8-1 over Asuka Kanai (Yamanashi, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Koana finished 4-1 in the 12 team Karuizawa International qualifying round, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Koana defeated Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) 8-7, then won 6-1 against Miki Hayashi (Sapporo, JPN). Koana went on to lose 5-3 against Kanai. Koana responded with a 10-8 win over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Koana won 6-5 against Peterson in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Koana take home 23.100 world rankings points along with 4809CDN. Koana move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.652 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with 200.414 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 169.462 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	3	0	0.625	3-0	1-1	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	60	47	37	7.83	6.17	1.67	4.83	3.50	1.62	1.76	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	29	35	3	4	0-0	4-0	5-0	1.21	0.10	0.36	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	31	12	34	6	0-1	1-1	3-10	0.39	1.10	0.33	0.23

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