Yoshimura Reaches 2019 Karuizawa International Quarters

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2019 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Yoshimura finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Asuka Kanai (Yamanashi, JPN) 5-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA). Yoshimura responded with a 12-3 win over Miki Hayashi (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshimura went on to lose 10-8 against Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Yoshimura responded with a 7-3 win over Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 8.663 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.365 after improving upon their best so far this season. Yoshimura ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 186.443 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

2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Seul-Bee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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