Tabata Runner-Up at Hogged Rock KW Fall Classic presented by Runback Brewing

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Momoha
Tabata

Third
Miku
Nihira

Second
Sae
Yamamoto

Lead
Mikoto
Nakajima

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) lost 5-2 to Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON) in the Final of the Hogged Rock KW Fall Classic presented by Runback Brewing, held September 18 - 21 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tabata won 7-1 over Laurie St-Georges (Laval, QC) in the semifinals of the Hogged Rock KW Fall Classic presented by Runback Brewing in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 3-2 over Seungyoun Ha (ChunCheon, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the Hogged Rock KW Fall Classic presented by Runback Brewing in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Tabata finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tabata lost 7-6 to Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 7-4 win over Krysta Burns (Sudbury, NO). Tabata won 7-4 against Amanda Gebhardt (Listowel, ON), then won 9-6 against Duncan in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hogged Rock KW Fall Classic presented by Runback Brewing, Tabata take home 28.600 world rankings points along with the $2,750CDN prize, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -33.681 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tabata ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.050 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	31	24	0	0.564	8-1	2-3	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	413	302	273	7.31	6.61	0.70	4.55	4.31	1.61	1.53	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	196	225	64	18	5-1	13-7	46-6	1.15	0.33	0.36	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	217	77	209	29	2-2	2-4	16-58	0.35	0.96	0.53	0.24

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