In a battle of unbeatens Tuesday evening, the Jennifer Jones rink lastly suffered its first loss on the Scotties Event of Hearts in Calgary.
A back-and-forth battle with Ontario’s Rachel Homan ended with the Homan rink profitable 7-5 to maneuver to 5-0.
Jones now falls to 4-1, which has them in third place in Pool B, behind Homan and BC’s Clancy Grandy (5-1). The highest three groups in every pool make the playoffs.
The 4 Manitoba groups are nonetheless within the combine for the six playoff spots with two days to go within the round-robin.
In the meantime, the four-time defending champs representing Workforce Canada, skipped by Kerri Einarson, are persevering with their wonderful play, as they took down Saskatchewan 11-6 to maneuver to 5-1, which is nice for 2nd place in Pool A, simply behind Alberta’s Selena Sturmay rink, who stays 5-0.
The Kate Cameron rink from Winnipeg cut up a pair of video games Tuesday, dropping 8-6 to Homan within the morning, however beating the Northwest Territories 9-5 within the night. Cameron is now 3-2 in Pool B, a recreation again of Jones.
And the Kaitlyn Lawes rink, additionally from Winnipeg, stored their playoff hopes alive with an 8-4 win Tuesday afternoon over B.C.’s Corryn Brown. Lawes strikes to 2-3, a recreation again of Quebec and Northern Ontario (3-2) for the ultimate playoff spot in Pool A.
In Wednesday’s motion, Lawes will play winless PEI Wednesday morning, adopted by a provincial showdown with Einarson’s rink within the night draw, which is Einarson’s lone recreation of the day.
It can come after one other Manitoba matchup within the afternoon when Cameron takes on Jones, each groups’ lone recreation on Wednesday.