Six-time provincial champ Kelly Scott scored three points in the eighth end and stole four in the ninth to beat Dailene Sivertson 11-8 Thursday night during B-side action at the Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championship presented by Best Western.
Sivertson, from Victoria, broke a 2-2 tie with a five-ender in the fifth end. Scott earned a deuce in six and Sivertson settled for one in the seventh before Scott’s Kelowna team mounted the comeback.
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Elsewhere in Maple Ridge, B.C., defending champion Kesa Van Osch of Nanaimo is now facing elimination after falling to the C-side following a 9-4 loss to Kristy Lewis from Nanaimo.
Earlier Thursday, Patti Knezevic of Prince George reached the A qualifier match with an 8-3 win over Scott. Team Knezevic scored three in the seventh to snap a 3-3 tie and added single steals in eight and nine.
Knezevic will meet Victoria’s Sarah Wark, who scored three in the final end to edge Lewis.