THE CANADIAN PRESS
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Kathy O’Rourke is taking Prince Edward Island to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for the first time.
After dropping their page playoff game to Jennifer Jones on Friday, P.E.I. will get another shot at Team Canada on Sunday in the championship after defeating Ontario’s Krista McCarville 10-6 in Saturday night’s semifinal.
In their round robin meeting, O’Rourke defeated Jones 9-5 but lost 8-5 in the page playoff.
"We have a score to settle with (Team Canada) I hope," said O’Rourke. "Hopefully we’ll have a good game with them."
O’Rourke called the feeling of moving on amazing and noted that the philosophy all along has been to take things one step at a time.
"We tried to think about throwing one shot at a time out there the whole time," said O’Rourke. "When it was over I think we were in a little bit of shock. We’re just happy that P.E.I. is in the final because that’s what we were fighting for all week and now we’re there."
The Jones rink will be gunning for their third straight title.
The loss left the McCarville rink in third, their second third place finish this year.
"This year is the year of being third," said McCarville. "It’s not fun."
She added that despite the third-place finish it’s a learning experience.
"You gain lots of experience," said McCarville. "Playing on arena ice is really good. Hopefully it will give us some good experience, hopefully for next year (at the Scotties)."