Scotland’s Muirhead wins tiebreaker to advance to Tour Challenge playoffs
Sep 8, 2017 | 9:30 PM
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REGINA — The playoff matchups are set at the Tour Challenge.
Scotland’s Eve Muirhead edged Julie Tippin of Woodstock, Ont., 5-4 on Friday in a tiebreaker to grab the last spot in the quarter-finals at the first Grand Slam event of the season.
Muirhead will face Switzerland’s Alina Paetz, who finished first atop the round-robin standings alongside Edmonton’s Val Sweeting with a 4-0 record. Sweeting, the defending champion, plays Winnipeg’s Michelle Englot (2-2).
Sweeting’s rink has put together 10 wins in a row at the tournament dating back to last season’s Tour Challenge run. In last year’s edition, Sweeting dropped her first draw before winning six straight to earn the title.
