Scott knocks off Kleibrink in Road to the Roar Olympic pre-trial showdown

KITCHENER, Ont. – Kelly Scott scored the decisive point in the 10th end and edged Shannon Kleibrink 6-5 on Wednesday in Draw 4 action at the 2013 Capital One Road to the Roar Olympic pre-trial tournament.

In a rematch of the 2005 Canadian Curling Trials final, won 8-7 by Calgary’s Kleibrink, the two rinks fought for control on tricky ice.

Scott, from Kelowna, B.C., scored the only steal of the game in the sixth end when Kleibrink couldn’t get around the front guards.

“That was a tricky spot, and if you didn’t get on it, it was gone,” Scott said.

Tied 5-5 after nine ends, Scott was able to put the game away on an open hit.

“We felt somewhat in control (when) we got our deuce and stole the one, but it’s so close and you’re never in the clear,” she said. “We did feel in control with last rock in the last end. It was definitely a conscious effort to try to have hammer coming home.”

Scott remains in the A-event of the triple-knockout tournament with two wins.

“It kind of feels like a continuation of the Kingston Scotties last year,” she said. “We ended that on such a positive note that it feels great to be out in the arena setting again and really having fun out there.”

Kleibrink moves into the B-event with the loss.

In other action, Krista McCarville, of Thunder Bay, Ont., won 6-5 over Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard. McCarville controlled the game early, taking a 4-0 lead and forcing errors from Bernard in the early going.

In the sixth end, Bernard drew against six to start a comeback, but it wasn’t enough, despite stealing one in the final end.

Edmonton’s Laura Crocker stole two in the 10th end and four more in an extra end to score a 10-6 victory over Tracy Horgan of Sudbury, Ont., and Renee Sonnenberg of Grande Prairie, Alta., took three in the seventh on the way to a 9-4 win over Barb Spencer of Winnipeg.

Scott and McCarville were scheduled to meet in one A-event semifinal Wednesday evening, while Crocker faced Sonnenberg in the other.

In the only women’s B-Event matchup, Cathy Auld of Mississauga, Ont., stole back-to-back deuces from Calgary’s Crystal Webster for an 8-3 win. With two losses, Webster now moves to the C-Event of the women’s draw.