Team PEI Women, skipped by Kaleigh Mackay, lost their second game  last night, 10-7 to Ontario at the Canada Games in Prince George BC, by a 10-7 score. Ontario got off to a big start with a pair of deuces. The teams traded singles, but PEI pulled off a big triple in trail by just 1, with a 5-4 score, at the fifth end break, and then stole a single to tie the game at 5-all after six.  Ontario took singles in the next two ends, but PEI tied it up coming home, with a deuce in the ninth. Ontario scored a triple in ten for the win.

PEI has just one game on Tuesday, an 8 pm AST start, against the Yukon.

Team Mackay photo: checking out the Athletes Village

The PEI women’s team lost their opener earlier on Monday  to Saskatchewan, by a 7-3 score. Saskatchewan, with hammer, scored a single in the opening end, with PEI blanking the second and taking 1 point in the third. Saskatchewan was held to a single point in the fourth, but stole a deuce to lead 4-1 at the fifth end break. PEI blanked the sixth and took one in the seventh, but Saskatchewan took a triple in the eighth to lead 7-2. PEI took 1 in the 9th, but couldn’t recover.

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