The UPEI rink of Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Alex MacFadyen won four games in a row on Saturday to advance to the final at the CIS/CCA University Curling Championships in Edmonton, but came up a point short in the championship game on Sunday afternoon against Queens, who led 7-6 going into the final end with hammer, and blanked that end for the win.
On Saturday morning, UPEI downed McGill 11-2 to finish round robin play with a 4-2 win-loss record, tied for second in their pool with Western and Alberta. Queens, who beat Alberta 7-5 in that draw, took first place in the pool with a 5-1 record.
UPEI then beat Alberta 4-1 in their first tiebreaker, and stole a point in the final end to double Western 6-3 in their second.
UPEI, aided by a four point fifth end, then beat Dal, skipped by Ian Juurlink, 8-5 in their semi-final. The other semi saw Queens, skipped by Jon Beuk, steal three points in the last two ends to edge the University of Manitoba 6-5.
This win advanced UPEI vs Queens finals are at 1 pm ADT this afternoon.
The women’s final saw Regina, headed by Brooklyn Lemon, beat SMU, skipped by Marie Christianson, 7-6 in an extra end.
UPEI’s women’s representatives, the Sarah Clow foursome, did not pick up a win in the tournament.
The winning teams will represent Canada at the 2011 FISU World Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey, January 27 to February 6th, 2011.