PEI beats 1st place BC to wrap up Scotties round robin at 7-4 record

(more later)

PEI’s MacPhee rink, with Rebecca Jean calling the game, and Robyn throwing last rocks, aided by Shelley Muzika at second, and lead Tammi Lowther, handed first place British Columbia, skipped by Mara Mallet, their second loss of the tournament this afternoon, as Robyn hit against two with her final shot to score one and win 7-5.

This puts  PEI and Quebec, who beat Saskatchewan 7-5,  with 7-4 win-loss records. Despite BC’s loss to PEI, they have first place sewn up with an 8-2 record. Three teams – Team Canada (Jennifer Jones), Alberta (Cheryl Bernard), and Saskatchewan (Stephanie Lawton) are at 6-4.

Meanwhile, the surprising Northwest Territories/Yukon team skipped by Kerry Galusha, beat Ontario’s Krista McCarville rink 9-7.  Ontario is 5-5, while Galusha finishes play at 3-7.

The final round-robin draw, at 10:30 Atlantic sees Alberta play Ont., Sask. take on Manitoba (2-8), Team Canada face BC, and  Nova Scotia (1-9) play Nfld./Labrador (5-5),

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