The Swiss rink of Xenia Schwaller won all six games to claim the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current this week.
Schwaller defeated Regina’s Michelle Englot 7-6 in an extra end in the championship game on Sunday evening. Schwaller tied the game with two points in the eighth end and then stole a point in the extra end.
The Schwaller rink won all three games in the qualifying round beginning with a 7-2 win over Edmonton’s Serena Gray-Withers on Thursday. They added a 7-1 win over Ottawa’s Danielle Inglis and then qualified for the championship event with a 7-2 win over Michigan’s Delaney Strous.
The Zurich based rink opened the playoffs with a 7-3 quarter-final win over Victoria’s Kayla MacMillan and then added a 4-3 semi-final over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa.
Englot had qualified through the C event and then defeated Calgary’s Kayla Skrlik 8-5 in the quarter-final and Strous 7-6 in the semi-final.
The men’s quarter-finals will begin on Monday at 9 a.m. with Brad Gushue, Mike McEwen, Kevin Koe, and Brad Jacobs all in action. The final is slated for 4 p.m.
