Morozumi Reaches King Cash Spiel Semifinals

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Yuta
Matsumura

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	11.67
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) run at the King Cash Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC). of the King Cash Spiel in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada; Morozumi advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-5 win over Cody Tanaka (New Westminster, BC). of the King Cash Spiel in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada;

Morozumi are currently 2-0 in the 16 team King Cash Spiel qualifying round, held December 2 - 4 at the Golden Ears Curling Club in Maple Ridge, Canada. In their opening game, Morozumi defeated Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) 8-0, then won 9-5 against Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC). In their next game, Morozumi plays.

Morozumi earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the King Cash Spiel. For week 18 of the event schedule, Morozumi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 43rd to 45th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 82.191 total points. Morozumi ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	32	25	0	0.561	8-1	2-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	393	322	271	8.19	6.90	1.30	4.96	4.48	1.65	1.54	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	184	203	74	6	2-2	18-2	40-6	1.10	0.40	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	209	119	197	16	1-5	11-14	20-35	0.57	0.94	0.55	0.35

2021: Sebastien Robillard
Sebastien Robillard, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Cody Tanaka, Nathan Small
New Westminster, BC
2019: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Jared Kolomaya, Sebastien Robillard, Nicholas Meister
New Westminster, BC
2018: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath, Tyler Tardi
Langley, BC
2017: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Grant Dezura, Andrew Nerpin, Brendan Willis
Kelowna, BC
2017: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
Maple Ridge, BC
2014: Neil Dangerfield
Neil Dangerfield, Denis Sutton, Darren Boden, Glen Allen
Victoria, BC
2013: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Ken Maskiewich, Sebastien Robillard, Kent Bird
New Westminster, BC
1994: Al Moore
Al Moore, Ross Graham, Peter VanLeeuwen, Kieron Hunt
North Vancouver, BC

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