One game at a time.
That's how Tracey Jones and her rink from Prince George are approaching the final draws of the B.C. Scotties.
Jones beat Cloverdale's Marla Mallett 6-2 in a tiebreaker Friday night to advance to a third tiebreaker in the provincial women's curling championship at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.
The loss eliminated Mallett from playoff contention, while Jones advanced to play Allison MacInnes of Abbotsford in the fourth tiebreaker of the day Friday at 9 p.m. MacInnes beat Sarah Wark of Victoria 9-8 in an extra end in the another tiebreaker.
Results of that game, to determine who faces Patti Knezevic in today's Page 3-4 playoff game at 10 a.m. were not available as of press time.
Against Mallett, Jones scored a deuce in the ninth end to take a commanding 5-2 lead and ran Mallett out of rocks in the 10th to steal the final point.
The game was tied at 1-1 in the third end when Jones, lying one, drew to the top of the four-foot to secure her first deuce of the game.
"When we drew to the four-foot in the third, we took control of the game," Jones said. "We kept it clean the rest of the way. We got the deuce in nine and got the win."
Mallett held the hammer in the middle of the game, blanking the fifth, sixth and seventh ends.
She scored one in the eighth when she attempted to hit and stick for a deuce.
"When we had hammer, we just weren't sharp," Mallett said.
"We had an opportunity to score two in the eighth but my rock didn't curl like it should have. I didn't get to re-throw it and there's nothing I could do."
Both Mallett and Jones were under pressure Friday morning to win their final round-robin games to secure a tiebreaker and a shot at the fourth and final playoff spot. And they did just that.
Jones beat Karla Thompson of Kamloops 8-6 while Mallet beat MacInnes 6-5 in the round-robin.
The victories gave them identical 4-5 records, along with three other teams and secured at least a tiebreaker, one of four played Friday.
McInnes was first up and beat Karla Thompson of Kamloops 5-4. That game advanced her to the game against Wark.
Jones said her confidence is growing as the week goes on.
"We're getting stronger and putting the rocks in the right places," she said.
"We're now in our 11th game and the ice is getting easier to read."
In the Page 1-2 playoff game Friday night, Kelowna's Kelly Scott defeated Kesa Van Osch of Victoria 8-6 to advance to Sunday's championship final at 5 p.m.
Scott stole two in the third end, scored a deuce with the hammer in the fifth end and stole another single in the sixth end.
Van Osch, lying two in the 10th without hammer, made Scott throw her final rock that she successfully hit and stuck in the top-eight-foot to ensure the win.
Van Osch now awaits to play the winner of the Page 3-4 game in tonight's semifinal at 7 p.m.
