PEICurling.com photo: Veronica Smith
They were rivals last weekend at the Pepsi Provincial Juniors Curling Championship, but this weekend winning skip Veronica Smith joined forces with three members of the runner-up Amanda MacLean rink – Jane Di Carlo who is playing third, second Emily Gray and lead Aleya Quilty, to represent the University of Prince Edward Island at the Atlantic University Women’s Curling Championships, which wrap up on Sunday morning at the CFB Halifax Curling Club. Six teams, from Dalhousie (Dal), Acadia, St. FX, UPEI, Saint Mary’s (SMU), and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) took part, with the A and B section winners of the double knockout event advancing to the CIS Championship, in Kamloops BC March 20 -24.
The Smith-skipped UPEI rink lost their opener on Friday – 7-5 to the Micayla Dorey foursome from Acadia. On Saturday afternoon, they won 7-6 in an extra end against Dal, skipped by Katarina Hakansson. They took on Acadia again on Saturday evening, winning by a 6-4 score to advance to the 8:30 am Sunday B final against defending champion MUN, skipped this year by Carolyn Suley.
MUN and last year’s runner-up, St. Mary’s (SMU), skipped by Sara Spafford with PEI native Anita Casey at third, had opening round byes, and then won their first games, putting them in the A final Saturday afternoon, with SMU winning 7-4 to advance to the CIS Championship. and MUN getting a bye into the Sunday B final against UPEI, with the winner also advancing to the CIS championship.
The men’s championship will follow January 25-26 at the same club, with four teams entered, from SMU, Dal, MUN, and Acadia. The defending champions, the Brett Gallant rink from UPEI are not back this year. The A and B winners from that event will also advance to the CIS Championship, in Kamloops BC March 20 -24.
Results from both Atlantic championships are available at LiveCurling.com
Link to women’s results: http://livecurling.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=4&b_id=146/index.php?/?option=com_jumi&fileid=4&b_id=146
Here are the women’s team rosters:
| ACADIA | |
| Skip – Micayla Dorey | |
| Olivia Dennis | |
| Sarah Brine | |
| Haylee Nauss | |
| Lindsay Doucette | |
| Coach – Monty Dorey/Marc Brophy | |
| MUN | |
| Skip – Carolyn Suley | |
| Amanda Rumboldt | |
| Meryn Avery | |
| Ashley Rumboldt | |
| Coach – Jamie Danbrook | |
| DALHOUSIE | |
| Skip – Katarina Hakansson | |
| Karlee Jones | |
| Stephanie Matthews | |
| Liz Garnett | |
| Christie Lang | |
| Coach – Mary Sue Radford | |
| SAINT MARY’S | |
| Skip – Sara Spafford | |
| Anita Casey | |
| Mackenzie Proctor | |
| Amanda Colter | |
| Coach – Marie Christianson | |
| ST. FX | |
| Skip – Taylor Clarke | |
| Bailey Lonergan | |
| Carolyn Rose | |
| Brittany Black | |
| Coach – Harry Daemen | |
| UPEI | |
| Skip – Veronica Smith | |
| Jane DiCarlo | |
| Emily Gray | |
| Aleya Quilty | |
| Coach – Paul Smith | |