by Matthew Abrey, special to the Western B次元官网网址
The trio of Van Osch sisters from Nanaimo dropped their first Scotties match as Team BC, with a 6-2 loss to defending Scotties champions, Michelle Englot and Team Canada.
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It was an ultra-strategic, chess game of a match. Team Canada went up 1-0 after the first end, but skip Kesa Van OschB次元官网网址檚 rink managed to blank the next end and curl a stone around a cluster of high-sitting rocks to tie it up B次元官网网址猘t 1-1B次元官网网址� in the third.
Team Canada responded in the fourth, dropping a shot into the back of the house to regain a narrow 2-1 lead, but Van Osch once again blanked the fifth, keeping the hammer for the sixth end. The Team BC skip, who was curling 97 per cent through five ends dropped a shot past a crowded upper house to tie it up once again B次元官网网址猘t 2-2B次元官网网址�.
Team Canada kept the seventh end scoreless, setting Englot up to claim two points in the eighth with the hammer after Van Osch flubbed the second-last rock of the end.
Team Canada once again grabbed two in the ninth, after Van Osch couldnB次元官网网址檛 quite make a near-impossible shot to keep the deficit at two.
Englot sealed the deal for her Winnipeg-based rink in the tenth, making a fantastic shot to force Van OschB次元官网网址檚 rink to shake hands, to a tune of a 6-2 Team Canada victory.
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In one of the three other matches in Pool B B次元官网网址猄aturday afternoonB次元官网网址�, Team Nunavut, ranked 15th out of the 16 teams, received a roaring ovation from the 2593-member audience, scoring their first point in the fourth end, after finding themselves down 5-0 through the first three ends. They would add one more, but ultimately fell 9-2 after a shortened eight-end match.
On sheet B, Team Newfoundland and Labrador took an 11-6 victory over Robyn MacPheeB次元官网网址檚 Prince Edward Island rink after MacPhee failed to draw to the button to keep her team in the game in the ninth end.
And on sheet C, Casey ScheideggerB次元官网网址檚 Alberta rink edged out Team Ontario and skip Hollie Duncan using a mad sweep to the button on the final shot of the match to capture a tight 6-5 win.
Van OschB次元官网网址檚 Team BC plays B次元官网网址猼omorrow at 9B次元官网网址� a.m. against Team Nunavut, and again B次元官网网址猘t 7 p.m.B次元官网网址� against Robyn MacPheeB次元官网网址檚 PEI rink, while Team Canada also plays B次元官网网址猘t 9 a.m.B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址�7B次元官网网址� p.m. against Quebec, followed by Team Alberta.
