Win is sixth for Manitoba skip, as she defeats wild-card team
Jones, who already holds five national titles, defeated the wildcard team 9-7 Saturday.
Mary-Anne Arsenault leads her rink to win over Northern Ontario.
Wild-card entry among group of rinks at 8-2 heading into final playoff championship matches at Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Kerri Einarson’s rink beats Hollie Duncan’s side 7-5, both reach championship pool.
Skip Casey Scheidegger led a 5-0 lead after three ends before winning the final game against Quebec, who placed sixth.
Five-time champion rattles off deuces in the second, fourth and sixth ends of a victory against New Brunswick at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
The Newfoundland and Labrador skip defeated Alberta’s Casey Scheidegger 9-5 in Monday afternoon’s marquee matchup.
Emilie and Robert Desjardins started with last rock and took an early 4-0 lead, but Nancy Martin and Catlin Schneider scored three in the eighth and final end to post a 7-6 win.
Both Jones and Nichols are former Olympic champions. They’ll represent Canada when mixed doubles curling makes its Olympic debut next month at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Calgary-based team that will wear the Maple Leaf at Pyeongchang Games includes two players with Olympic gold medals, as third Marc Kennedy and lead Ben Hebert.
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan rink knocks off Calgary’s Chelsea Carey foursome in final of Olympic trials, while Calgary’s Kevin Koe beats Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen.
Homan will face Carey in final, on men’s side McEwen will face Koe after beating Gushue in semifinal.
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