Motohashi Reaches 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships Semifinals

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Mari
Motohashi

Third
Yako
Matuzawa

Second
Miki
Hayashi

Lead
Ayuna
Aoki

Mari Motohashi (Kitami, JPN) run at the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Japan's Momoha Tabata. of the 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships in Hokkaido, Japan;

Motohashi finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Motohashi defeated Momono Shirahata (Kitami, JPN) 7-2, then won 6-5 against Azuki Akimoto (Sapporo, JPN) and 9-5 against Japan's Mizuki Tmura. Motohashi went on to lose 8-5 against Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Motohashi responded with a 6-4 win over Yuuna Takahashi (Nayoro, JPN). Motohashi won 5-4 against Miyu Tanaka (Obihiro, JPN), then won 7-4 against Japan's Momoha Tabata in their final qualifying round match.

Motohashi earned 2.869 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 55 spots the World Ranking Standings into 186th place overall with 3.562 total points. Motohashi ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.869 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	6	6	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	97	63	68	6.49	7.01	-0.52	4.12	4.33	1.58	1.62	1.55

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	52	53	20	7	0-1	4-1	12-3	1.02	0.38	0.36	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	45	10	48	8	0-2	1-2	1-8	0.22	1.07	0.60	0.16

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