2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 9 to 14 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Mary-Anne Arsenault team represented Nova Scotia at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia. At the National tournament, they finished tied for 2nd in Pool A, 3rd in the Championship pool, but lost the semi-final match.

2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host city	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Arena	Dartmouth Curling Club
Dates	January 9-14
Winner	Team Arsenault
Curling club	Dartmouth Curling Club
Skip	Mary-Anne Arsenault
Third	Christina Black
Second	Jennifer Baxter
Lead	Jennifer Crouse
Coach	Peter Corkum
Finalist	Kristen MacDiarmid
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Teams

Teams were as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Mary-Anne Arsenault	Christina Black	Jennifer Baxter	Jennifer Crouse		Dartmouth Curling Club, Dartmouth
Theresa Breen	Marlee Powers	Jocelyn Adams	Amanda Simpson		Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Jill Brothers	Erin Carmody	Sarah Murphy	Jenn Brine	Blisse Joyce	Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Colleen Jones	Kim Kelly	Mary Sue Radford	Nancy Delahunt		Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Isabelle Ladouceur	Emilie Proulx	Makayla Harnish	Elsa Nauss	Kate Callaghan	Lakeshore Curling Club, Lower Sackville
Kristen MacDiarmid	Marie Christianson	Liz Woodworth	Julia Williams	Kelly Backman	Halifax Curling Club, Halifax
Julie McEvoy	Danielle Parsons	Sheena Moore	Jill Thomas		CFB Halifax Curling Club, Halifax
Colleen Pinkney	Brigitte MacPhail	Kaitlyn Veitch	Mary Myketyn-Driscoll	Michelle MacDonald	Truro Curling Club, Truro[2]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings ^[3]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Skip	W	L
Mary-Anne Arsenault	6	1
Kristen MacDiarmid	5	2
Jill Brothers	4	3
Theresa Breen	4	3
Colleen Jones	3	4
Julie McEvoy	3	4
Colleen Pinkney	3	4
Isabelle Ladouceur	0	7

Scores

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January 9

Draw 1

• MacDiarmid 5-4 Arsenault
• Ladouceur 3-8 Brothers
• Pinkney 10-5 Breen
• McEvoy 4-7 Jones

Draw 2

• Breen 5-2 Ladouceur
• MacDiarmid 7-5 Jones
• McEvoy 4-7 Arsenault
• Brothers 7-4 Pinkney

January 10

Draw 3

• McEvoy 8-3 Pinkney
• Breen 4-8 Arsenault
• Brothers 4-7 Jones
• MacDiarmid 8-6 Ladouceur

Draw 4

• Arsenault 8-4 Jones
• Pinkney 7-5 Ladouceur
• MacDiarmid 9-4 McEvoy
• Brothers 9-5 Breen

January 11

Draw 5

• MacDiarmid 5-3 Pinkney
• Brothers 3-5 Arsenault
• Breen 9-8 Jones
• McEvoy 8-4 Ladouceur

January 12

Draw 6

• McEvoy 6-5 Brothers
• Pinkney 9-5 Jones
• Arsenault 8-1 Ladouceur
• Breen 8-6 MacDiarmid

Draw 7

• Jones 7-4 Ladouceur
• Breen 6-4 McEvoy
• Brothers 7-5 MacDiarmid
• Arsenault 8-6 Pinkney

Tiebreaker

Saturday, January 13, 8:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Theresa Breen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	5
Jill Brothers	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Mary-Anne Arsenault	8
	2	Kristen MacDiarmid	7			2	Kristen MacDiarmid	5
	3	Jill Brothers	4

Semifinal

Saturday, January 13, 18:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kristen MacDiarmid	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	7
Jill Brothers	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Final

Sunday, January 14, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mary-Anne Arsenault	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	8
Kristen MacDiarmid	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

2018 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Mary-Anne Arsenault 8th Nova Scotia Provincial Championship title