 Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, Ontario) wins the KW Fall Classic, defeating Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, Ontario) 6-5 in an extra end at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. McCarville with Kendra Lilly at third, Ashley Sippala and Sarah Potts on the front end take home the $3,000CDN first place cheque along with 34.324 world ranking points, while Murphy receives $2,000CDN and 25.171 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, McCarville scored 1 in the first end, after which Murphy responded in the second end scoring 2. After a blank end, Murphy stole 2 in the fourth end to take a 4-1 lead. McCarville responded in the fifth end scoring 3 to tie the game,then forced Murphy to a single in the sixth end. After another blank end, McCarville scored a single the eighth end sending the game to an extra end where they stole a point for the 6-5 win. In the semifinals, McCarville defeated Jacqueline Harrison (Toronto, Ontario) 4-3 and Murphy defeated Jo-Ann Rizzo (Toronto, Ontario) 6-4 in an extra end. Harrison and Rizzo earned $1,350CDN and 19.450 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, McCarville defeated Kirsten Marshall (Kitchener, Ontario) 7-1, Murphy defeated Laurie St-Georges (Laval, Quebec) 6-3, while Harrison defeated Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, Japan) 5-4 and Rizzo defeated Susan Froud (Waterloo, Ontario) 7-4. Froud, Yoshimura, St-Georges and Marshall earned $900CDN along with 13.730 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. McCarville went 4-0 in the 19 team round robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, McCarville defeated Froud 6-2, then won against Di Zhang (Harbin, China) 6-3, 6-1 over Katelyn Wasylkiw (Unionville, Ontario) and then finished the round robin with a 7-2 win over Marteen Jones (Lindsay, Ontario) 7-2. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
