The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's curling team ended the 2014 CIS/CCA championship on a high note, coming back to defeat the Carleton Ravens 7-6 on Saturday morning in Regina.
With the win, the Blues end their first-ever national bonspiel with a 3-4 record.
"That was an amazing come from behind win," said Varsity Blues head coach Kate Farnell. "That was a really strong team we just beat and it's really nice to end on a high note. I'm really proud of how we played all weekend."
Draw 7: Women vs Carleton
The Blues got off to a slow start, down 4-0 after three ends; however, skip Danielle Bourque righted the ship with three in the fourth and the Ravens added one more to take a 5-3 lead halfway through the game.
Toronto and Carleton exchanged singles in the sixth and seventh and the Blues added another in the eighth to bring it within one (6-5). After blanking the ninth end, U of T ended the championship on a high note, stealing two in the 10th end to earn the 7-6 victory.
End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
Carleton 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Toronto 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
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 Recap
4:00pm Regina 9, Toronto 4 Recap
Saturday, March 22
11:00am Toronto 7, Carleton 6