Kitazawa Reaches North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic Semifinals

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	10.18
PA/G:	7.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) run at the North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Hailey Armstrong (Ottawa, ON). of the North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada; Kitazawa advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR).

Kitazawa finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated Kelsey Boyd (Montreal, QC) 11-0, then won 9-7 against Lauren Mann (Timmins, NONT). Kitazawa went on to lose 7-4 against Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR). Kitazawa lost 7-4 to Armstrong where Kitazawa responded with a 8-3 win over Stephanie Senneker (Port Huron, MI). Kitazawa won 8-6 against Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitazawa earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic. Kitazawa move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 7.125 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 162.562 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	38	18	0	0.679	11-3	6-4	1-5	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	421	373	247	8.86	5.87	2.99	5.15	4.09	1.72	1.44	0.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	199	265	46	17	8-0	19-0	57-9	1.33	0.23	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	222	108	201	15	3-0	8-13	11-40	0.49	0.91	0.61	0.32

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2022: Isabelle Ladouceur
Isabelle Ladouceur, Jamie Smith, Grace Lloyd, Rachel Steele
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2019: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Jennie Wahlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjoberg
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2018: Kerry Galusha
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Yellowknife, NT
2017: Kristen MacDiarmid
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