Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville beat the defending champions at the Canadian women’s curling championship Thursday to stay in the hunt for playoffs.
McCarville downed the Chelsey Carey team from Calgary 8-4 as Northern Ontario improved to 6-3 with two games remaining in the round robin.
Carey, 7-2, was still in playoff territory also with two games to play.
The top four teams after the final draw Friday morning get into the Page playoff.
Ontario’s Rachel Homan (10-0) and Manitoba’s Michelle Englot (9-1) had already locked down two spots with Homan assured of a top-two finish.
Ontario and Manitoba squared off Thursday evening in the round-robin finale for both teams.
Quebec’s Eve Belisle was still in contention at 6-4 with one to go.
Kerry Galusha of Northest Territories edged Alberta’s Shannon Kleibrink 4-3 putting both teams at 5-5.
Heather Nedohin has skipped the Albertans since Tuesday because of Kleibrink’s bad back.
In other games, Stacie Curtis of Newfoundland and Labrador downed Prince Edward Island’s Robyn MacPhee 10-4. Curtis was 4-6 and MacPhee fell to 2-8.
Saskatchewan defeated Nova Scotia’s Mary Mattatall 10-4 for Penny Barker’s first win of the tournament. Mattatall dropped to 2-7.
