CHAMPION: Kitazawa Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.18
PA/G:	5.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won 8-3 over Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major, held September 16 - 19, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 9-3 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; and won 8-1 over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Kitazawa finished 4-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Elysa Crough (Edmonton, AB) 8-6, then won 8-5 against Keiser. Kitazawa went on to lose 7-3 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Kitazawa responded with a 6-0 win over Jessie Hunkin (Spruce Grove, AB). Kitazawa won 7-4 against Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major Championship title, Kitazawa earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $5,500CDN first prize cheque. Kitazawa move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 23.125 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with 102.330 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	46	24	0	0.657	12-1	7-6	1-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	507	474	306	9.35	6.04	3.31	5.31	3.93	1.76	1.54	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	233	303	74	19	13-0	20-6	60-9	1.30	0.32	0.43	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	274	171	232	20	5-1	8-20	31-43	0.62	0.85	0.56	0.39

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