TORONTO — Stefanie Lawton finished round-robin play with a perfect 4-0 record after defeating Shannon Kleibrink 6-3 in seven ends on Friday morning at the Players’ Championship.
Lawton’s Saskatoon rink scored deuces in the first and fifth ends and stole a single in the sixth.
Kleibrink’s Calgary team finished with an 0-4 record.
In other Players’ Championship action, Moscow skip Anna Sidorova improved to a 2-1 record with a 4-2 win in seven ends over Michele Jaeggi (2-2).
Sidorova broke a 1-1 tie with a single steal in the fifth and added to her lead with a double steal in the sixth.
Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin (2-2) stole four in the second but needed a deuce in extra ends for a 9-7 victory over Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott (1-3).
Laura Crocker’s Edmonton team (1-2) earned their first win of the tournament with a 9-3 victory over Sherry Middaugh’s rink. Crocker scored deuces four times, including double steals in the fourth and seventh ends. Middaugh’s Coldwater, Ont., team dropped to a 1-2 win/loss record.
Renee Sonnenberg scored three in the seventh and stole one in the eighth to defeat Chelsea Carey 6-3. Sonnenberg’s Grande Prairie, Alta., rink is now 2-2 while Carey’s Winnipeg team is 1-2 and faces Canadian champion Rachel Homan in Draw 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET.