Lawton sweeps to victory in P.E.I.
Sask. skip ousts Cathy O in final, Jones in semi
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This article was published 22/04/2012 (5274 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Stefanie LAWTON knocked off two former world curling champions Saturday in winning the Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship in Summerside, P.E.I.
The Saskatoon skip started her day by doubling Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones 6-3 in the semifinals, then outscored Cathy Overton-Clapham, also of Winnipeg, 7-3 in the championship match in the final leg of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling.
“It means a lot to us to win this event. We never have, and to be out here at the end of the season and still curling well definitely means a lot. It feels great,” said Lawton, whose rink earned $28,000.
Lawton trailed 3-2 through five ends before taking control of the final by cracking a three-ender in the sixth. She then clinched the title with a steal of two on seven.
“We managed to make some good shots and really set things up for my last shot,” Lawton said of the sixth end. “Cathy had a tough shot to try a freeze on there. She had to be absolutely perfect and she was just a little bit light, and we managed to get the three.”
Overton-Clapham claimed $24,000 as the runner-up and also won the 2012 Capital One Cup as the top overall finisher in the four grand slam events throughout the season. That earned her an additional $50,000.
“(It’s) pretty awesome, amazing. Never thought we’d ever have a chance to win that much money in curling,” Overton-Clapham said.
Lawton led throughout in the semifinal against Jones, hitting for a deuce on the first end, drawing for two more in the fourth and then stealing another point in the fifth for a 5-2 lead.
In her semifinal match, Overton-Clapham edged Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., 7-6 in an extra end after drawing to the four-foot for the win.
Meanwhile, Toronto’s John Epping and world champion Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., will face off in the men’s final today.
Epping cracked a three-ender in the seventh end and stole one in the eighth to rebound from an early 3-0 deficit and defeat Edmonton’s Kevin Martin 6-4 in one semifinal Saturday night.
Howard had little trouble against Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen in the other semi, triumphing 7-3 in seven ends. Howard scored two on the opening end and added a huge four on the third to go up 6-1. The rinks then exchanged singles on the next three ends before shaking hands.
— Postmedia News
