Curling

Brown Rink Fourth After Three Rounds Of CIS Curling Nationals

Teams competing in 2013-14 CIS Nationals  (Andrew Burant photo) The Corryn Brown Foursome, representing Thompson Rivers University has a record of 1 and 2 after three draws of the 2014 CIS Women’s Curling Championships which are being hosted by the University of Regina. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]Corryn Brown Foursome-Ashley Nordin, Sam Fisher, Erin Pincott and coch Ken Brown (Andrew Burant) TRU (l-r) Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Sam Fisher, Ashley Nordin, coach Ken Brown (Andrew Burant photo)[/caption] Brown and her rink: consisting of Ashley Nordin, Samantha Fisher and Erin Pincott  opened play on Thursday (Mar 19) with a 6-5 win over the University of Toronto Blues skipped by Nicole Seto. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]Corryn Brown rink shaking hands with Alberta (Mar 19, 2014 Andrew Burant) Brown foursome shakes hands after losing to Alberta (Andrew Burant photo)[/caption] That was followed by a 6-5 defeat at the hands of defending  World junior women’s curling champion Kelsey Rocque, representing the University of Alberta. In Friday (Mar 20) morning’s draw, Brown lost 7-6 to Jamie Sinclair and the Carleton University Ravens. TRU counted one in the second, fifth and sixth ends, two in the seventh and one in the eighth ends. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]Corryn Brown (Mar 19, 2013 Andrew Burant) Corryn Brown (Andrew Burant photo)[/caption] Statistically after three rounds, Nordin is tied for second among leads with a 78 per cent average, Fisher is third among seconds at 71 per cent, Pincott is fourth among thirds at 66 per cent. Among skips, Brown is sixth curling  60 per cent. The WolfPack’s next three matches are against: UPEI, Regina and Wilfred Laurier. Alberta is unbeaten after three draws.  Laurier, Toronto and Carleton are 2 and 1.  New Brunswick, Regina and TRU are 1 and 2 with UPEI winless in three starts. The winner of this event goes to the 2015 FISU Winter Games. The Brown foursome is endorsed by the TRU WolfPack Athletics department but are not a varsity team.
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