MISSISSAUGA — Alberta’s Selena Sturmay and Nova Scotia’s Christina Black have advanced to the next round of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts playoffs.
Sturmay rolled past Manitoba’s Beth Peterson 10-4 in their Page 3/4 qualifier as Black downed Taylour Stevens 11-6 in an all-Nova Scotia matchup.
Sturmay and Black will face each other in the national women’s curling championship’s Page 3/4 playoff Saturday afternoon.
Earlier on Friday, Canada’s Kerri Einarson and Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes advanced into the Page 1/2 playoff game.
Einarson and Lawes will play Saturday evening with the winner going to the final.
The loser between Einarson and Lawes will play the winner of the Page 3/4 game between Sturmay and Black in Sunday’s semifinal.
Einarson beat Peterson 8-5 in a playoff qualifier Friday afternoon, while Lawes beat Black 8-6 on her final throw.
Einarson or Rachel Homan have been finalists at the Tournament of Hearts final each of the past nine years. Homan, the reigning national champion, is missing this year’s event because she’s representing Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Both of the evening draw games ended in handshakes.
Black opened up with four points in the first end and it seemed like Stevens was going to answer back with five in the second. However, Stevens missed her takeout attempt, instead ejecting one of her own rocks and leaving Black’s closer to the button for a single. Black had three more doubles after that to pull ahead 11-4 after seven ends.
Stevens scored a double in the eighth end before conceding.
On the C Sheet, Peterson scored two in the first end but then Sturmay swept her away, getting two, three, three, and a single in successive ends. Sturmay and Peterson exchanged singles in the sixth, seventh, and eighth ends before shaking hands at 10-4.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 30, 2026.
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press
