THUNDER BAY -- Nancy Martin and Team Saskatchewan fell from the ranks of the unbeaten at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Sunday afternoon, but they didn’t go down without a fight.
Martin and her Saskatoon Nutana foursome of third Chaelynn Stewart, second Kadriana Lott and lead Deanna Doig scored four points over the final four ends to tie the game against B.C.’s Corryn Brown, but would give up a single point in the extra end and fall 7-6 at the women’s national curling championship in Thunder Bay.
Martin is now 2-1 and sits in a four way tie for second place in Pool A.
Brown and her rink of third Erin Pincott, second Sarah Koltun and lead Samantha Fisher had Martin in a bit of difficulty early, with a deuce in the second end and steal in the third giving Brown a quick 3-1 lead.
Martin got one back in the fourth, but Brown would restore her two-point edge in the fifth and go ahead 5-2 with a steal in the sixth.
Team Sask got things going from there, though, picking up one in the seventh and stealing two in the eighth to tie the game. Brown regained the lead with one in the ninth, and Martin had a shot at a take-out for two and the win in the 10th, but would settle for the tie and an extra end.
There, Martin lay one on Brown’s final shot, and the B.C. skip would get the take-out in the four-foot to secure the victory.
Doig curled 90 per cent in the loss, while Lott was at 82 per cent, Stewart 80 per cent and Martin 76 per cent.
Here’s a look at the remainder of the round robin draw for Team Saskatchewan.
Monday, Feb. 17
8 a.m. -- Melissa Adams (New Brunswick)
6 p.m. -- Rachel Homan (Canada)
Tuesday, Feb. 18
1 p.m. -- Kayla Skrlik (Alberta)
Wednesday, Feb.19
8 a.m. -- Julia Weagle (Nunavut)
6 p.m. -- Selena Sturmay (Alberta)
Thursday, Feb. 20
Off
Martin heads into her two games on Monday with her 2-1 record tied for second with Brown, Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik and Alberta’s Selena Sturmay. Defending champion Rachel Homan leads the way with a 3-0 record.
You can keep an eye on all the scores from the week at www.curling.ca/scoreboard, and catch all the draws on TSN.
