VICTORIA, February 27, 2009 (CCA) — Jennifer Jones’s bid to repeat as national and world champion nearly came to an end on Friday afternoon at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

But the Team Canada skip and her Winnipeg teammates — third Cathy Overton-Clapham, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn Askin — found a way to win against all odds during a fourth-place tiebreaker at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship.

Team Canada stole points in the 10th and 11th ends to beat Rebecca Jean MacPhee of Prince Edward Island 6-5.

MacPhee had tough shots for a win in both ends after Jones had drawn to bite the button behind centre guards. In both cases, MacPhee’s rock made contact with the Team Canada counter, but spun off just far enough to give Team Canada the points it needed.

With the win, Team Canada advances to Saturday’s Page playoff three-four game against Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton at 2:30 p.m. (all times Eastern) on TSN.

“We got a couple misses out of them, but we made our shots as good as we could, and made her make a tough one,” said Jones. “That last shot was not easy, and she almost made it. That’s all you can ask for when you’re trying to steal, and we were on the right side of the inch there.”

Play at the Scotties continues on Friday with the Page playoff one-two game featuring Marla Mallett of B.C. and Marie-France Larouche of Quebec. The winner advances to Sunday’s 9 p.m. championship game, while the loser drops to Saturday’s 8 p.m. semifinal.

The winner of Sunday’s final advances to the world women’s championship, set for March 21 to 29 in Gangneung, South Korea.