CurlingZone: Inglis Wins Ontario Scotties

Danielle Inglis with Kira Brunton, Calissa Daly, Cassandra de Groot and Kim Tuck will represent Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary in February. (photo: Mike Martin)

Inglis defeated Carly Howard (Toronto, ON) 8-7 in Friday evening's final at the FlightExec Centre in Dorchester, Ontario.

Starting with hammer, Howard scored 1 in the first end, Inglis responded in the second end scoring 2. Howard scored a single in the third end to even the score at 2-2. After blanking the next 2 ends, Inglis scored 4 in the sixth end to break open the game.

Howard responded in the seventh end scoring 3 with Inglis making a short tap to score 2 in the eighth end and maintain some breathing room heading into the final two ends. Inglis forced Howard to a single in the ninth end, then outdrew one of two stones Howard had counting when Inglis setted in the hack for her last shot of the game. Howard stole a single point, but it wasn't enough as Inglis celebrated the breakthrough win.

In the semifinal game, Inglis defeated Brandwood 10-4, having to play the game after dropping the Page 1v2 game 8-3 to Howard on Thursday evening.

Inglis advanced to the playoff round through the A-event bracket, finishing 3-0 in the 12-team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Inglis defeated Emma Artichuk (Guelph, ON) 9-7, then won 6-5 against Brandwood to advance to the A-Qualifier game where they 10-4 against Howard in their first of three meetings on the week.

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