Only three teams survived the opening day with two wins at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME in Morden’s Access Event Centre.
First seed Kaitlyn Lawes and her Fort Rouge team is the only unbeaten team in the six-team Asham Black Group. In the Asham Express Red Group, #2 seed Kate Cameron (Granite) and #3 Jolene Campbell (Assiniboine Memorial) both won their opening day pair of games.
Fourth seeded Beth Peterson (Assiniboine Memorial) and fifth seeded Kristy Watling (East St. Paul) opened with wins but lost their second games of the day. Watling lost to Lawes while Peterson lost to Manitoba’s U-18 champions, the Shaela Hayward team from Carman.
With Lawes in the Black pool are four teams with a win and a loss and one team with a pair of opening day losses.
2-0 Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge)
1-1 Shaela Hayward (Carman)
1-1 Beth Peterson (AMCC)
1-1 Kristy Watling (East St. Paul)
1-1 Emma Jensen (Heather)
0-2 Emily Cherwinski (AMCC)
The Red pool split equally on the first day of play with two teams each at 2W-0L, 1W-1L, and 0W-2L.
2-0 Kate Cameron (Granite)
2-0 Jolene Campbell (AMCC)
1-1 Lisa McLeod (Portage)
1-1 Zoey Terrick (Heather)
0-2 Rachel Kaatz (AMCC)
0-2 Tiffany Armstrong (Dauphin)
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