# 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.

## Teams

Teams were as follows:
| 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 |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
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
### 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 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | 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