(CCA) She’s the only two-time champ. She’s the defending champ. She’s the only undefeated skip heading into today’s final qualifying rounds at the Arena. Her team currently is riding a 16-game winning streak.
Shannon Kleibrink joins two other familiar faces destined to battle it out for weekend playoff berths following Day Two qualifying action Thursday.
Jammed in one of two round-robin qualifying pools from which playoff teams will emerge are Kleibrink, Canadian champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg and Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon.
Kleibrink remained the lone unbeaten women’s skip following an 11-5 afternoon thrashing of Lawton, keyed by a critical hogline violation charged to the Saskatoon skip in the fourth end.
Jones matched Lawton’s 3-and-1 record with an 11-3 late-shift spanking of Krista McCarville’s entry, knocking the Thunder Bay skip from the unbeaten ranks.