Nakamura Reaches Alberta Curling Series

Fourth
Misaki
Tanaka

SKIP
Miori
Nakamura

Second
Haruka
Kihara

Lead
Hiyori
Ichinohe

Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) run at the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Yu Han (Beijing, CHN). of the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; Nakamura advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). of the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Nakamura finished 3-1 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakamura defeated Minjae Jung (Uiseong, KOR) 6-3, then won 7-0 against Kellie Stiksma (Edmonton, AB). Nakamura went on to lose 6-2 against Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN). Nakamura responded with a 6-3 win over Melissa Pierce (Edmonton , AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Nakamura earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Alberta Curling Series - Event 1. Nakamura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 7 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 41st overall with 78.266 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Nakamura ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	16	0	0.636	9-4	5-2	3-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	321	255	216	7.94	6.73	1.22	4.83	4.33	1.65	1.55	0.84

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	160	171	61	15	3-1	12-1	36-11	1.07	0.38	0.35	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	161	84	155	12	0-2	6-11	18-32	0.52	0.96	0.53	0.34

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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