Six women’s teams and five men’s rinks will be competing at the Atlantic University Championship, coordinated by Curl Atlantic, beginning Friday.. UNB is joining the championship this year, and will also be hosting the event, from January 3-5, 2014 at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton, NB. Two women’s and two men’s teams will then represent Atlantic Canada at the CIS/CCA University Curling Championship, March 19-23 in Regina Sask.
UPEI is represented by the Veronica Smith and Kyle Holland rinks. The women’s team is the same as last year, and includes third Jane DiCarlo, second Emily Gray, and lead Aleya Quilty, with coach Paul Smith. Third Connor MacPhee, second stone Andrew Cameron, and lead Taylor McInnis, along with coach Eric Pidgeon round out the UPEI men’s squad.
Smith and Holland recently skipped the winning teams at the Provincial Junior Curling Championships, with McInnis being the only player from their junior rinks to also compete in this event..
Curl Atlantic Photo (L-R): Veronica Smith, Jane DiCarlo, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coach Paul Smith
The Smith rink, along with the SMU team skipped by Sara Spafford, were last year’s women’s reps at the nationals, while the Acadia men’s team skipped by Robert Mayhew , and the DAL team skipped by Lee Buott represented the men. Neither men’s team are back this year. The Spafford team is without Seven Mile Bay PEI’s Anita Casey this year. The Smith foursome finished play at the nationals with a 2-5 win-loss record, just out of a playoff position.
Draws go Friday January 3rd at 7 pm, Saturday the 4th at 9 am and 2 and 7 pm, and Sunday the 5th at 9 am and 2 pm. The UPEI women’s team opens against SMU, with the men facing MUN in the opening draw at 7 pm on Friday.
Results will be available at LiveCurling.com
Here are the women’s rosters:
| University of New Brunswick |
| Skip – Jennifer Armstrong |
| Jaclyn Crandall |
| Shelby Wilson |
| Darie Tardiff |
| Katelyn Kelly |
| Coach – Gary Wilson |
| Saint Mary’s University |
| Skip – Sara Spafford |
| Amanda Colter |
| Mackenzie Proctor |
| Laura Kennedy |
| Coach – Bill Fletcher |
| St. Francis Xavier University |
| Skip – Alix George |
| Carolyn Rose |
| Sarah MacPhee |
| Brittany Black |
| Emily Perry |
| Coach – Harry Daemen |
| University of Prince Edward Island |
| Skip – Veronica Smith |
| Jane DiCarlo |
| Emily Gray |
| Aleya Quilty |
| Coach – Paul Smith |
| Dalhousie University |
| Skip – Karlee Jones |
| Haley McCabe |
| Liz Garnett |
| Rachel Bachman |
| Emily MacKenzie |
| Coach – John Newhook |
| Acadia University |
| Skip – Micayla Dorey |
| Olivia Dennis |
| Sarah Sears |
| Haylee Nauss |
| Lindsay Schnare |
| Coach – Monty Dorey |
Here are the men’s teams:
| University of New Brunswick |
| Skip – Josh Barry |
| Daniel Wenzek |
| Daniel Prest |
| Mitchell Small |
| Kerry MacLean |
| Coach – Daryell Nowlan |
| Saint Mary’s University |
| Skip – Scott Babin |
| Alex Rafuse |
| Greg Rafuse |
| Alex MacNeil |
| Coach – Bill Fletcher |
| St. Francis Xavier University |
| Skip – David Quinn |
| Calum MacDonald |
| Brandon McLellan |
| Peter Beaton |
| Coach – Paul McLean |
| University of Prince Edward Island |
| Skip – Kyle Holland |
| Connor MacPhee |
| Andrew Cameron |
| Taylor McInnis |
| Coach – Eric Pidgeon |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Skip – Colin Thomas |
| Cory Schuh |
| Chris Ford |
| Spencer Wicks |
| Coach – Jeff Thomas |
Island connections: Carolyn Rose and Sarah MacPhee on the St. FX women’s team are both from the Souris area. Spencer Wicks, on the MUN men’s rink, is the grandson of Gordon Yeo of Summerside.
All games are 10 ends. Teams will be permitted two timeouts per game and one timeout for an extra end. The event format is a double knockout and the winners of the A and B events will advance to the CIS/CCA Championship.