Ueno Runner-Up at 2023 Alberta Curling Series

SKIP
Miyu
Ueno

Third
Asuka
Kanai

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Yui
Ueno

Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 6-4 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series - Event 2, held November 3 - 5, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Ueno won 4-2 over Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Alberta Curling Series - Event 2 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Ueno finished 4-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno defeated Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) 9-6, then won 7-1 against Cathy Borys (Calgary, AB) and 6-4 against Kaitlyn Bowman (Calgary , AB). Ueno won 6-3 against Wytrychowski in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series - Event 2, Ueno take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,750CDN prize, remaining in 42nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ueno ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	33	0	0.548	9-9	8-6	1-3	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	575	394	360	6.85	6.26	0.59	4.47	4.19	1.53	1.49	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	285	293	82	41	4-1	15-3	65-13	1.03	0.29	0.34	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	290	101	278	36	3-4	4-15	11-55	0.35	0.96	0.59	0.25

2023: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Jennifer Van Wieren, Megan Anderson, Holly Baird, Pam Appelman
Edmonton, AB
2021: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB

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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