Motohashi Reaches 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships Semifinals

SKIP
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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