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.
Schedule: click game links for results.
| Game | Date | Time AST | Team | Result |
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| Draw 1 Sheet C | Monday, February 23, 2015 | 2 pm | Sask. | L 7-3 |
| Draw 2 Sheet B | Monday, February 23, 2015 | 8 pm | Ont. | L 10-7 |
| Draw 4 Sheet E | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | 8 pm | Yukon | |
| Draw 5 Sheet D | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | 2 pm | BC | |
| Draw 6 Sheet F | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | 8 pm | Nunavut (livestream) |
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| Draw 7 Sheet E | Thursday, February 26, 2015 | 1 pm | NWT |