PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke rink beat the Newfoundland and Labrador team, skipped by Shelley Nichols, by a 9-5 score this afternoon at the Scotties in Sault Ste. Marie, building up a 7-1 lead after four ends, and keeping ahead by a 7-4 score after six. A deuce in the eighth helped seal the win.
PEI is all alone in first place, with an 8-2 win-loss record, followed by Ontario at 7-3, and Team Canada and Manitoba at 6-3.
PEI wraps up round robin play against BC at 4 pm AT.