The 4th round of the Japan Women's Curling National Team was held in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido on the morning of the 12th, and Loco Solare beat the Hokkaido Bank 8-6, scoring 2 wins and 2 losses.
The curling women's national team deciding match has been held in Wakkanai, Hokkaido since the 10th.
The Hokkaido Bank, which won the Japan Championship this year, and Rocco Solare, who won the championship last year, played against each other, and the team that won the first three wins became the representative of Japan in the final qualifying round in December, and was placed in the third place here. If so, next year's participation in the Beijing Olympics will be decided.
In the 4th round, Loco Solare, who has only 1 win and 2 losses so far, is in the 8th end, chasing 4 to 5 and 1 point, and Satsuki Fujisawa, who skips, is the opponent's stone near the center in the last shot. He repelled and left the thrown stone near the center of the circle, scoring 2 points and reversing to 6-5.
Furthermore, in the 9th end, the opponent's last shot was a mistake, stealing 2 points while making a disadvantageous first attack and widening the point difference, and the Hokkaido Bank admitted losing in the middle of the final 10th end, so Loco Solare 8 pairs I won 6 times.
Loco Solare has won two straight games, scoring a five-minute match with two wins and two losses.
Round 5, the final round of the national team, will be held from 6 pm on the 12th.
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa "Win with the same momentum and become the representative"
Loco Solare's Satsuki Fujisawa, who showed tenacious play at the end of the game, said, "I was fighting because I thought that if I win this game, the flow will come, so I'm happy to win. I want to gain momentum and show Loco Solare's guts to win. "
Hokkaido Bank Sayaka Yoshimura "Next is the last time I change my mind and do my best"
Sayaka Yoshimura of the Hokkaido Bank, who lost two games in a row and lost five minutes, said, "I was able to control the game from the first half to the middle stage, but I lost because I made a mistake in the 8th and 9th ends. The next game will be the last game, so I want to do my best so that I can change my mind and throw a good shot. "