Jones secures first place in Ford Worlds Women’s championship

By: Randy Turner Posted: 11:23 PM CDT Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010

SWIFT CURRENT – Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones secured first place atop the Ford Worlds Women’s championship Thursday night with a lop-sided 8-5 victory over Scotland and will now advance directly to the Page one-two playoff game Friday night (9 p.m./TSN) against Germany’s Andrea Schopp.

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Jones finished 10-1 in dropping the young Scottish foursome, now 8-3, led by 19-year-old skip Eve Muirhead, who finished in 12-team round-robin third place.

The German’s defeated Sweden Thursday night to post a 8-3 record, but earned second based on defeating Scotland earlier in the week.

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Canada skip Jennifer Jones reacts while playing against Scotland during the 2010 World Women's Curling Championships in Swift Current, Sask., on Thursday. Jones downed Scotland to secure first place in the Ford Worlds Women’s championship. — CP Canada skip Jennifer Jones reacts while playing against Scotland during the 2010 World Women's Curling Championships in Swift Current, Sask., on Thursday. Jones downed Scotland to secure first place in the Ford Worlds Women’s championship.

With the loss, Sweden finished 7-4, and will face the United States (also 7-4) in a tie-breaker Friday morning.

The Scots will play the winner of the Sweden-US tie-breaker in the Page 3-4 game Saturday afternoon.

Essentially, Jones was just playing for the hammer in the one-two game, in which the winner advances directly to Sunday’s final, while the loser survives to play the winner of Saturday’s 3-4 game in Saturday night at 6 p.m.

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