The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's curling team dropped to 2-4 with losses to the Laurier Golden Hawks and host Regina Cougars on Day 3 of the 2014 CIS/CAA curling championships on Friday.

Draw 5: Toronto vs Laurier

The Blues got out to a good start, earning single points in the first and third ends. The OUA champion Golden Hawks and skip Carly Howard fought back with two points in the fourth end and the two conference rivals remained tied at 2-2 midway through the game.
 
Toronto took the lead with one in the seventh, but Howard and the Hawks earned four in the eighth and stole one in the ninth to earn the 7-3 victory.  
End                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  TOTAL
Laurier                 0  0  0  2  0  0  0  4  1  0    7
Toronto                1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0    3

Draw 6: Toronto vs Regina

Skip Lorraine Schneider got the host Regina Rams out to a 3-0 start after three ends, but Danielle Bourque and the Blues added a single in the fourth. Regina took a commanding 7-1 lead with four points in the fifth end.
 
The Blues responded with a combined three points in the sixth and eighth ends, but it wasn't enough in the 9-4 loss.
 
End                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  TOTAL
Regina                 1  0  2  0  4  0  2  0  0  0    9
Toronto                0  0  0  1  0  1  0  2  0  0    4

Schedule (all times EST)
 
Wednesday, March 19
4:30pm Thompson Rivers 6, Toronto 5 Recap
10:00pm Toronto 9, UPEI 6 Recap

Thursday, March 20
12:00pm Toronto 7, UNB 4 Recap
5:00pm Alberta 5, Toronto 4 (Extra Ends) Recap
 
Friday, March 21
11:00am Laurier 7, Toronto 3
4:00pm Regina 9, Toronto 4
 
Saturday, March 22
11:00am Toronto vs Carleton
4:00pm Tiebreakers (if necessary)
9:00pm Semifinals
 
Sunday, March 23
11:00am Semifinals (if second tie-breakers required)
3:30pm Championship Final