March 21, 2014
CIS CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: OUA schools tied for top spot in men's and women's action
REGINA - The 2014 CIS University Curling Championships continued Friday morning at the Callie Curling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan. The eight men’s and women’s teams from universities across the country met for their fifth draw of the championship at 9 am CST.
Draw 5: Men / Women
Draw 6: Men / Women
The host University of Regina Cougars (1-3) defeated the University of Alberta Golden Bears (2-2) with a modest 3-1 result. The first four ends remained scoreless and the teams alternated only one point each in the fifth and sixth ends making. The score remained tied at 1-1 until the ninth end where Regina was able to steal two. Golden Bears skip, Brendan Bottcher topped off the game making 91 percent of his shots, and both teams evened out with Alberta throwing 84 percent and Regina throwing 83 percent. Both teams now sit at 2-3 records.
The University of Manitoba Bisons (3-1) kept their winning streak alive as they beat the Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea Hawks (3-1) with a 9-4 final score. After five ends, the Bisons had an 8-2 lead over the Sea Hawks. After securing only two more points in the seventh end, the Sea Hawks shook hands after the ninth with a 9-4 deficit. The Bisons shot at a 87 percent team total, and Memorial Skip Colin Thomas wasn’t able to keep par as he shot 65 percent to Manitoba skip Matt Dunstone’s 89 percent.
After a 10-3 loss in their fourth draw yesterday, Toronto University Varsity Blues (1-3) came back in their fifth draw with a 10-6 win over Brock University Badgers (1-3). Going into the fifth end break, both teams were tied at four a piece, but the Blues pulled out ahead scoring three in the sixth and two in the seventh. After the ninth end, the Badgers shook hands trailing by four points, 10-6. Both teams were fairly even with Brock shooting at 74 percent and Toronto at 76 percent. But Blue’s skip Evan Lilly pushed ahead Badgers skip Scott Brandon shooting 76 percent and 61 percent respectively.
The final fifth draw on the men’s side saw Saint Mary’s Huskies (1-3) take on undefeated Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-0). After the Huskies fell behind 5-2 at the fifth end break, they were able to tie things up in the sixth. But with a point in the eighth and a steal of two in the ninth, Laurier forced Huskies to shake hands making it an 8-4 win for the Golden Hawks. All members of the Golden Hawks shot over 80 percent and remain the only undefeated men’s team of the competition.
The women’s side saw the host University of Regina Cougars (1-3) take on the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack (2-2). Regina came ahead early in the third end with a six point steal making it 7-2, but Thompson fought back trailing 9-6 in the ninth end and stealing four points in the tenth. A short draw on her last stone by Regina skip Lorraine Schneider gave Thompson the steal and a 10-9 victory. Both teams battled with their shooting as Regina only shot 58 percent and Thompson only 68 percent, but Wolfpack’s lead Ashley Nordin shot an impressive 95 percent.
University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds (1-3) went up against undefeated University of Alberta Pandas (4-0) in their fifth draw. Alberta lead by a small 3-1 margin after the sixth end, and in the ninth UNB was able to tie it up 3-3. But with hammer in the tenth, Alberta was able to take one point and a 4-3 win. Alberta’s Taylor McDonald (second) and Keely Brown (third) topped the game off with 81 and 80 percent shooting respectively. Varsity Red’s Darie Tardif (lead) led her team in shooting with 79 percent.
The women’s side also saw the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (2-2) up against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (3-1). After the fourth end, both teams were tied two a piece and remained that way until the seventh end where Toronto came on top 3-2. Laurier rebounded with a four-point end in the eighth and a steal of one in the ninth. In nine ends, Golden Hawks took a 7-3 victory over the Blues. Toronto’s back end struggled with Danielle Bourque (third) shooting 53 percent and Nicole Seto (skip) shooting 59 percent against Laurier’s Carly Howard (skip) who shot 71 percent.
University PEI Panthers (0-4) battled against the Carleton University Ravens (3-1) but came up short in an 8-7 loss. At the fifth end break, PEI trailed 4-2 but came back to steal four points in the sixth. The Ravens fought back and took one in the seventh and stole two in the eighth to lead 7-6. The Panthers tied the game up in the ninth end, but it wasn’t enough as Carleton took one in the tenth and the 8-7 victory. Carleton pulled ahead shooting 85 percent to PEI’s 70 percent and Raven’s second Lynn Kreviazuk topped of the game shooting 90 percent.
All 16 teams were again on the ice for the sixth draw of the CIS Curling Championships, which started Friday at 2 pm CST. Going into the match Wilfred Laurier men’s and University of Alberta women’s were the only teams who remained undefeated.
Manitoba Bisons (4-1) handed Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks (5-0) their first loss of the championship. The Bisons started off strong holding a 6-2 lead at the fifth end break. After Manitoba stole one in the sixth, Laurier took one in the seventh, but shook hands after the eighth when the Bisons made it an 8-3 lead. Both teams are now tied for first with 5-1 records.
Toronto Varsity Blues took on Alberta Golden Bears in their sixth draw. Both teams were sitting at 2-3 records going into the game. The Golden Bears started off by stealing one point in both the first and second end and went into the fifth end break with a 5-1 lead over the Blues. Alberta continued their lead throughout the game, forcing Toronto to need three points in the tenth to take the game into an extra end. Alberta held them to two and took with them a 7-6 victory.
Memorial Sea Hawks (3-2) battled against the Saint Mary’s Huskies (1-4). Both teams were tied after the fifth end 3-3, with Saint Mary’s pulling ahead with a three-point sixth end. Going into the tenth with a 7-5 deficit and potentially sitting two, the Sea Hawks needed a measurement to see if they would be going into an extra end. The Huskies came out on top to take the game with a 7-6 final score.
The University of Regina Cougars (2-3) rallied against the Brock University Badgers (1-4) but came out short in an extra end. After the sixth end, both teams were tied at 2-2, with Brock pulling ahead with one point in the eighth. Regina battled back in the ninth taking a 4-3 lead. Brock answered with one point in the tenth to take it to the extra. There the Badgers came out on top taking the game with a 5-4 final score.
University of PEI Panthers (0-5) claimed their first win of the championship against the University of New Brunswick Varsity Red (1-4) in their sixth draw. The Panthers started off strong with four points in the first end, stole two in second and one in the third. At the fifth end break the Varsity Reds trailed behind 10-1. After eight ends, UNB shook hands and gave PEI their first win, a 12-3 victory.
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) took on the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (3-2) in their sixth draw. Laurier led 4-1 at the fifth end break. After two blank ends,
Thompson was able to take another point to trail 4-2. After one point for the Golden Hawks in the ninth, the Wolfpack shook hands and gave Laurier a 5-2 victory.
After a tough loss earlier in the day, the Regina Cougars (1-4) came back with an 11-2 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues (2-3). After stealing two in the third end and taking four points in the fifth, Regina led 7-1. Toronto was able to gain one point in the sixth but it wasn’t enough as Regina took two in the seventh and stole another two in the eighth. After eight ends, Laurier shook hands with an 11-2 deficit.
The undefeated Alberta Pandas (5-0) were dealt a tough first loss in a battle against the Carleton Ravens (4-1). The Ravens took an early 7-1 lead going into the fifth end break, but the Pandas came back to tie up the game 7-7 by stealing in the last four ends and taking it into an extra. In the extra end, Carleton came out on top with a hit by skip Jamie Sinclair to sit one and take an 8-7 victory.
The round robin action continues Saturday with all teams back on the ice at 9 am CST and semi-finals begin at 7 pm CST.
STANDINGS AFTER DAY 3
MEN
WOMEN
SCHEDULE (all times are LOCAL SASKATCHEWAN)
Live results at http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/?e=65
Wednesday, March 19th
2:00 p.m. - Draw # 1
8:00 p.m. - Draw # 2
Thursday, March 20th
10:00 a.m. - Draw # 3
3:00 p.m. - Draw # 4
Friday, March 21st
9:00 a.m. - Draw # 5
2:00 p.m. - Draw # 6
Saturday, March 22nd
9:00 a.m. - Draw # 7
2:00 p.m. - Tie-breakers (if necessary)
7:00 p.m. - Semi Finals (or tie-breaker if necessary)
Sunday, March 23rd
9:00 a.m. - Semi Finals (if necessary)
1:30 p.m. - WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (Live on www.cis-sic.tv)
5:00 p.m. - MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (Live on www.cis-sic.tv)
Draw 5: Men / Women
Draw 6: Men / Women
The host University of Regina Cougars (1-3) defeated the University of Alberta Golden Bears (2-2) with a modest 3-1 result. The first four ends remained scoreless and the teams alternated only one point each in the fifth and sixth ends making. The score remained tied at 1-1 until the ninth end where Regina was able to steal two. Golden Bears skip, Brendan Bottcher topped off the game making 91 percent of his shots, and both teams evened out with Alberta throwing 84 percent and Regina throwing 83 percent. Both teams now sit at 2-3 records.
The University of Manitoba Bisons (3-1) kept their winning streak alive as they beat the Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea Hawks (3-1) with a 9-4 final score. After five ends, the Bisons had an 8-2 lead over the Sea Hawks. After securing only two more points in the seventh end, the Sea Hawks shook hands after the ninth with a 9-4 deficit. The Bisons shot at a 87 percent team total, and Memorial Skip Colin Thomas wasn’t able to keep par as he shot 65 percent to Manitoba skip Matt Dunstone’s 89 percent.
After a 10-3 loss in their fourth draw yesterday, Toronto University Varsity Blues (1-3) came back in their fifth draw with a 10-6 win over Brock University Badgers (1-3). Going into the fifth end break, both teams were tied at four a piece, but the Blues pulled out ahead scoring three in the sixth and two in the seventh. After the ninth end, the Badgers shook hands trailing by four points, 10-6. Both teams were fairly even with Brock shooting at 74 percent and Toronto at 76 percent. But Blue’s skip Evan Lilly pushed ahead Badgers skip Scott Brandon shooting 76 percent and 61 percent respectively.
The final fifth draw on the men’s side saw Saint Mary’s Huskies (1-3) take on undefeated Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-0). After the Huskies fell behind 5-2 at the fifth end break, they were able to tie things up in the sixth. But with a point in the eighth and a steal of two in the ninth, Laurier forced Huskies to shake hands making it an 8-4 win for the Golden Hawks. All members of the Golden Hawks shot over 80 percent and remain the only undefeated men’s team of the competition.
The women’s side saw the host University of Regina Cougars (1-3) take on the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack (2-2). Regina came ahead early in the third end with a six point steal making it 7-2, but Thompson fought back trailing 9-6 in the ninth end and stealing four points in the tenth. A short draw on her last stone by Regina skip Lorraine Schneider gave Thompson the steal and a 10-9 victory. Both teams battled with their shooting as Regina only shot 58 percent and Thompson only 68 percent, but Wolfpack’s lead Ashley Nordin shot an impressive 95 percent.
University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds (1-3) went up against undefeated University of Alberta Pandas (4-0) in their fifth draw. Alberta lead by a small 3-1 margin after the sixth end, and in the ninth UNB was able to tie it up 3-3. But with hammer in the tenth, Alberta was able to take one point and a 4-3 win. Alberta’s Taylor McDonald (second) and Keely Brown (third) topped the game off with 81 and 80 percent shooting respectively. Varsity Red’s Darie Tardif (lead) led her team in shooting with 79 percent.
The women’s side also saw the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (2-2) up against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (3-1). After the fourth end, both teams were tied two a piece and remained that way until the seventh end where Toronto came on top 3-2. Laurier rebounded with a four-point end in the eighth and a steal of one in the ninth. In nine ends, Golden Hawks took a 7-3 victory over the Blues. Toronto’s back end struggled with Danielle Bourque (third) shooting 53 percent and Nicole Seto (skip) shooting 59 percent against Laurier’s Carly Howard (skip) who shot 71 percent.
University PEI Panthers (0-4) battled against the Carleton University Ravens (3-1) but came up short in an 8-7 loss. At the fifth end break, PEI trailed 4-2 but came back to steal four points in the sixth. The Ravens fought back and took one in the seventh and stole two in the eighth to lead 7-6. The Panthers tied the game up in the ninth end, but it wasn’t enough as Carleton took one in the tenth and the 8-7 victory. Carleton pulled ahead shooting 85 percent to PEI’s 70 percent and Raven’s second Lynn Kreviazuk topped of the game shooting 90 percent.
All 16 teams were again on the ice for the sixth draw of the CIS Curling Championships, which started Friday at 2 pm CST. Going into the match Wilfred Laurier men’s and University of Alberta women’s were the only teams who remained undefeated.
Manitoba Bisons (4-1) handed Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks (5-0) their first loss of the championship. The Bisons started off strong holding a 6-2 lead at the fifth end break. After Manitoba stole one in the sixth, Laurier took one in the seventh, but shook hands after the eighth when the Bisons made it an 8-3 lead. Both teams are now tied for first with 5-1 records.
Toronto Varsity Blues took on Alberta Golden Bears in their sixth draw. Both teams were sitting at 2-3 records going into the game. The Golden Bears started off by stealing one point in both the first and second end and went into the fifth end break with a 5-1 lead over the Blues. Alberta continued their lead throughout the game, forcing Toronto to need three points in the tenth to take the game into an extra end. Alberta held them to two and took with them a 7-6 victory.
Memorial Sea Hawks (3-2) battled against the Saint Mary’s Huskies (1-4). Both teams were tied after the fifth end 3-3, with Saint Mary’s pulling ahead with a three-point sixth end. Going into the tenth with a 7-5 deficit and potentially sitting two, the Sea Hawks needed a measurement to see if they would be going into an extra end. The Huskies came out on top to take the game with a 7-6 final score.
The University of Regina Cougars (2-3) rallied against the Brock University Badgers (1-4) but came out short in an extra end. After the sixth end, both teams were tied at 2-2, with Brock pulling ahead with one point in the eighth. Regina battled back in the ninth taking a 4-3 lead. Brock answered with one point in the tenth to take it to the extra. There the Badgers came out on top taking the game with a 5-4 final score.
University of PEI Panthers (0-5) claimed their first win of the championship against the University of New Brunswick Varsity Red (1-4) in their sixth draw. The Panthers started off strong with four points in the first end, stole two in second and one in the third. At the fifth end break the Varsity Reds trailed behind 10-1. After eight ends, UNB shook hands and gave PEI their first win, a 12-3 victory.
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1) took on the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (3-2) in their sixth draw. Laurier led 4-1 at the fifth end break. After two blank ends,
Thompson was able to take another point to trail 4-2. After one point for the Golden Hawks in the ninth, the Wolfpack shook hands and gave Laurier a 5-2 victory.
After a tough loss earlier in the day, the Regina Cougars (1-4) came back with an 11-2 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues (2-3). After stealing two in the third end and taking four points in the fifth, Regina led 7-1. Toronto was able to gain one point in the sixth but it wasn’t enough as Regina took two in the seventh and stole another two in the eighth. After eight ends, Laurier shook hands with an 11-2 deficit.
The undefeated Alberta Pandas (5-0) were dealt a tough first loss in a battle against the Carleton Ravens (4-1). The Ravens took an early 7-1 lead going into the fifth end break, but the Pandas came back to tie up the game 7-7 by stealing in the last four ends and taking it into an extra. In the extra end, Carleton came out on top with a hit by skip Jamie Sinclair to sit one and take an 8-7 victory.
The round robin action continues Saturday with all teams back on the ice at 9 am CST and semi-finals begin at 7 pm CST.
STANDINGS AFTER DAY 3
MEN
| TEAM | W | L |
| MANITOBA (M) | 5 | 1 |
| WILFRID LAURIER (M) | 5 | 1 |
| MEMORIAL (M) | 3 | 3 |
| ALBERTA (M) | 3 | 3 |
| REGINA (M) | 2 | 4 |
| SAINT MARY'S (M) | 2 | 4 |
| BROCK (M) | 2 | 4 |
| TORONTO (M) | 2 | 4 |
WOMEN
| TEAM | W | L |
| ALBERTA (W) | 5 | 1 |
| CARLETON (W) | 5 | 1 |
| WILFRID LAURIER (W) | 5 | 1 |
| THOMPSON RIVERS (W) | 3 | 3 |
| REGINA (W) | 2 | 4 |
| TORONTO (W) | 2 | 4 |
| NEW BRUNSWICK (W) | 1 | 5 |
| UPEI (W) | 1 | 5 |
SCHEDULE (all times are LOCAL SASKATCHEWAN)
Live results at http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/?e=65
Wednesday, March 19th
2:00 p.m. - Draw # 1
8:00 p.m. - Draw # 2
Thursday, March 20th
10:00 a.m. - Draw # 3
3:00 p.m. - Draw # 4
Friday, March 21st
9:00 a.m. - Draw # 5
2:00 p.m. - Draw # 6
Saturday, March 22nd
9:00 a.m. - Draw # 7
2:00 p.m. - Tie-breakers (if necessary)
7:00 p.m. - Semi Finals (or tie-breaker if necessary)
Sunday, March 23rd
9:00 a.m. - Semi Finals (if necessary)
1:30 p.m. - WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (Live on www.cis-sic.tv)
5:00 p.m. - MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (Live on www.cis-sic.tv)
