Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown: Riku Yanagisawa vs. Karsten Sturmay

Draw Dec 9 - 12:15 pm		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
	Riku Yanagisawa Saporro, JPN		0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5
	Karsten Sturmay Edmonton, AB		1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	6

Skip:

Riku
Yanagisawa

Third:

Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second:

Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead:

Satoshi
Koizumi

Skip:

Karsten
Sturmay

Third:

Kyle
Doering

Second:

Glenn
Venance

Lead:

Kurtis
Goller

Riku Yanagisawa

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	6.77
PA/G:	6.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Karsten Sturmay

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	0W - 0L
PF/G:	5.95
PA/G:	8.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.50
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Riku Yanagisawa

Games:	86
Record:	49W - 37L
Extra Ends:	3W - 1L
One-Point Games:	8W - 8L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Karsten Sturmay

Games:	75
Record:	49W - 26L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	2W - 0L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	5.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Riku Yanagisawa

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 7th End vs. Shinya Abe (Aug 10, 2023)
> 5 in 5th End vs. Jongduk Park (Aug 5, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 6 in 3rd End vs. Takumi Maeda (Aug 11, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 4th End vs. Jay Merchant (Oct 30, 2023)
> 4 in 7th End vs. Michael Brunner (Sep 21, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 2nd End vs. Johnson Tao (Sep 17, 2023)

Karsten Sturmay

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 7th End vs. Glenn Howard (Sep 28, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 5 in 5th End vs. John Epping (Jan 21, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 5 in 5th End vs. Dustin Kalthoff (Jan 19, 2024)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 4 in 1st End vs. Brendan Bottcher (Dec 1, 2023)

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