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Selnes at the Scotties: Team Sask. wins one, loses one

Saskatchewan had a great chance to be 3-0 after their Sunday games at the Scotties but lost in the afternoon to Team Canada, Chelsea Carey.
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Team Silvernagle at the 2019 Viterra Scotties Women's Provincials. File photo by Devan C. Tasa

Saskatchewan had a great chance to be 3-0 after their Sunday games at the Scotties but lost in the afternoon to Team Canada, Chelsea Carey.

 

Versus Team Canada

Team Canada was sloppy letting Silvernagle need a draw to the eight foot, she made the four foot, to go up by two.

Silvernagle gave it back in the third when she flashed a takeout with her first rock and narrowly missed a double with her second shot. The crowd was in favour of her going for the double rather than a draw for a single.

In the fourth Lawton made a brilliant triple on a runback but Silvernagle missed a pair of runbacks to give up another steal. It was a tough afternoon for runbacks. Both teams missed multiple runbacks. It was a bit of surprise for Saskatchewan considering the success they had the day before running back rocks late in the game. Lawton said the ice was more release sensitive on Sunday.

Carey made a questionable call in the fifth, tapping out a Saskatchewan rock rather than going for a double. Silvernagle, in what has been her signature shot of the Scotties, made a precise tap out for two.

In the eight after another Carey miss Silvernagle made a great draw for two.

With Canada one up coming home Saskatchewan played the end for two. It was setting up well until Lawton was heavy on a draw. Her draws did not go well at the end of the game. In the eight, with her first rock, she was outside on draw and rubbed. On her second of the end Lawton lost her rock on a hogline violation.

With her last rock Silvernagle had a choice of a cross house double for the win or a draw for the single. There was little doubt she would go for the double. Carey said after the game the odds are better on a tough double than stealing in an extra end. Silvernagle was a touch outside and missed by probably 1-2 inches.

 

Versus Team Nunavut

In the evening Saskatchewan said they were unaffected by the afternoon loss but they had a horrendous start against Lori Eddy of Nunavut.

In the second Silvernagle played a challenging takeout and, as with her last rock of the afternoon game, was a touch outside and gave up a steal of three to go down 4-0.

Silvernagle said she could see the whole rock and continued that, when they have a chance for two, they will go for it. The other choice would have been a draw for one.

Silvernagle said the ice was tricking them a bit early. She further said the ice is changing between games and during games.

Being down four did not dishearten Saskatchewan. Silvernagle said they went whatever after the end and went to get two back.

Eddy said they were pretending it was a close game and did their best to play well. Their goals are more modest than the contenders. She said they want to make the other teams have to play well to beat them. They had almost defeated Kerri Einarson of Manitoba earlier in the day. In an article yesterday in The National Post Ted Wyman noted they had played only seven games as a team this year and won the right to represent Nunavut by default as no other team entered.

Silvernagle found herself in the third and fourth ends. Another delicate tapout let Saskatchewan score three in the third. In the fourth Silvernagle set up a big end with a great wraparound draw on her first rock. Eddy made her key miss of the game coming up short of the house on her last rock to give up a steal of three.

Once they were up 6-4 Saskatchewan cruised through the rest of the game controlling every end. Saskatchewan just kept making more shots than Nunavut.

The eighth summed up the last six ends. Trying to stay in the game, Eddy needed a good draw with her last rock. Having been short in the fourth she was not going to be light and threw it through the house. Silvernagle drew the four foot for three to go up 11-6.

After two days Saskatchewan has defeated two of the three teams with no wins. In the most difficult pool of this year’s Scotties, three of their last four games of the round robin will be against winning teams.

Bill Selnes, who’s based in Melfort, has written about sports since the late 1970s.