Ontario’s McCarville advances to Scotties semi
Written by on February 6th, 2010 in Latest News.
Team Ontario lead Kari MacLean, left, second Ashley Miharija, second left, skip Krista McCarville, second right, and third Tara George share a laugh while playing against Team British Columbia during the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Ontario’s Krista McCarville booked her ticket to the semifinal at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 6-4 win over Kelly Scott of B.C., in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Saturday.
McCarville earned a spot in Saturday night’s semi against P.E.I.’s Kathy O’Rourke.
“I reckon the key draw in that game was our draw in nine to score,” said McCarville. “We were facing two. It’s not simple when it’s starting to come down and you know it’s getting a small quicker.
“You don’t know how much quicker until it gets to the centre. I was really pleased to make that one in nine.”
The two teams traded scoring throughout the game, with the lone blank end coming in the sixth. B.C. finishes the Scotties with a fourth-place end.
“It wasn’t our sharpest today,” said Scott. “Both our team and their team made drawing look a small hard. It was a small tough and patchy. There just wasn’t that confidence in what the paths were doing for us.”
The winner of Saturday night’s semifinal will face Jennifer Jones’s Team Canada on Sunday afternoon at the Essar Centre in the final.
