REGINA -- Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones will play in the semi-final here at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Saturday morning.
Jones advanced to the semi-final with a 6-5 win over Quebec’s Marie-France Larouche in the page playoff 3 vs 4 game Friday afternoon.
“I thought we controlled it from the start,” Jones said. “Now we just have to keep it going.”
Jones must now wait to find out the identity of her semi-final opponent. That will be determined Friday night (7 p.m. CT, TSN) when Alberta’s Shannon Kleibrink plays Ontario’s Sherry Middaugh in the page playoff 1 vs 2 game.
The winner of that game advances straight to Sunday’s Canadian women’s final, while the loser gets a second chance playing Manitoba in the semi-final.
Jones got a little bit lucky in her win over Quebec. Trailing 3-2 in the sixth end, Larouche appeared to have a makeable double-takeout for three with the final rock of the end.
But the sweepers were late getting on the stone and the rock over-curled, crashing on a guard out front and giving Manitoba a steal of two -- and a 5-2 lead -- instead.
Larouche battled back, drawing the button with the last rock of the ninth end to take two and send the game home with Quebec trailing just 6-5.
But Jones controlled the 10th end and never had to throw her last rock.