Victoria’s Team Kayla MacMillan is off to the Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials final series against the Selena Sturmay foursome from Edmonton
Kayla MacMillan of Victoria, B.C. defeated Saskatchewan’s Ashley Thevenot 6-4 in the semifinal of the women’s Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials in Wolfville, N.S.
The victory advances Team MacMillan into the best-of-three final series against top round-robin finisher Selena Sturmay of Edmonton.
McMillan worked the scoreboard to a 3-2 advantage after six ends, before stealing a huge deuce in the seventh for a 5-2 lead.
Sturmay had scored a key 10-2 win over MacMillan on Thursday afternoon, which clinched her team’s berth into the final series.
Team MacMillan – coached by Sweden’s Niklas Edin – welcomed Calgary’s Brittany Tran to their lineup during the off season.
The women’s final series starts Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. ET (TSN) with game two slotted for 7:00 p.m.
Game three, if necessary, gets underway Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
The men’s best-of-three series starts tonight, with Braden Calvert now battling semifinal winner and fellow Winipegger Jordon McDonald for the final men’s fours berth in the Trials.