 Down 7-2, Kerri Einarson (photo: Andrew Klaver, Curling Canada) comes to win over Kate Cameron in an all-Manitoba match at the Scotties in Thunder Bay. Tuesday was becoming a terrible day for Einarson and her team of Val Sweeting, Karlee Burgess and Krysten Karwacki after they dropped their morning game against Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories 9-6, a second loss in a row after losing on Monday to Quebec's Laurie St-Georges, 9-6. 'Finish strong', is all you say to yourself, as something clicked for the Einarson team around 8:20 pm Eastern Time, having fallen behind 7-2 to Cameron after five ends. It may have been some motivational speech from coach Reid Carruthers, but whatever it was, Einarson came out firing in the second half. Scoring three in the sixth end gave Einarson life, and then after forcing a single point in the seventh end, a big shot from the skipper tied the game at eight after eight ends. It wasn't as if the team was terrible to start the game. In the first end, it took a long-angle runback from Cameron to prevent the steal of two and, in turn, a 5-point swing on the scoreboard.
Einarson forced Cameron to a single in the ninth end, an eyeball measure by Einarson on a draw that went heavy for Cameron. Then, in the tenth end, the precision of Einarson showed why they're currently ranked #6 in the world, as they placed and moved stones around to setup the deuce needed for the win. Einarson's last rock, a back four-foot weight tap to make sure they were counting two. For Einarson, the win means they continue to control their own destiny for top spot in the pool. Einarson (3-2) faces Nova Scotia's Christina Black next at 2 pm on Wednesday, one of two teams tied for first place with a 4-1 record. The other 4-1 team is Ontario's Danielle Inglis, who Einarson will play next at 9 am on Thursday. Einarson finishes the round-robin against another Manitoba team, now skipped by Selena Njegovan, while Kaitlyn Lawes (3-3) continues to throw the last rock. |
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