MacLean wins over Smith in battle of PEI teams in Ottawa Junior Superspiel

The Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary and the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Veronica Smith team from Cornwall played each other in a 10 am Sunday consolation round quarter-final at the 21st annual JSI-OVCA Junior Superspiel, with the MacLean squad winning 7-2, helped out by a triple in the fourth end and a single steal in the 5th. The MacLean team lost the semi-final 7-4 to the Molly Greenworld rink from Kitchener Waterloo, who lost in the consolation final to last year’s men’s championship division winner Rene Comeau of Fredericton New Brunswick by a 5-4 score.

Smith lost her first three games, but picked up a 9-4 win in her fourth, by a 9-4 score, to earn the consolation quarter-final berth. MacLean also went 3-1, with a 7-4 victory in draw 2.

This year’s men’s champion is Korey Dropkin from the United States, who doubled Jack Lindsay of Oakville ON 6-4. Lauren Horton of Ottawa won the women’s division, edging Rachel Burtnyk of Winnipeg 6-5 in the final.

2013 Canadian Junior champ Matt Dunstone from Winnipeg won the “Battle of the Sexes” game, beating Cathlia Ward of Fredericton NB 12-8 in a high-scoring shootout, with Ward picking up a 5 pointer followed by a triple steal in ends five and six, and Dunstone finishing the game with two four point ends.

Full event results at: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3567&eventtypeid=71&view=Scores&tp=0