HAWKS WOMEN WIN FIRST OCAA CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1969
SEMI FINAL
Humber 6 vs Fanshawe 4 (9 ends)
The Hawks earned the right to play at the 2016 CCAA National Championship, by way of advancing to the OCAA gold medal game. Humber, third place finishers after round robin play, needed extra ends to snare the victory. The way they got to extra ends was a story in itself. As with all Hawk/Fanshawe games, it was tight early and tighter the rest of the way. Humber struck first for one, but Fanshawe ran out to a 3-1 lead at the break. After grabbing one via a steal, a late score of two put them in the lead. The Falcons forced an extra end by grabbing a single point in the eighth. After 15 rocks were put into play, Skip Cassie Paccanaro needed a simple takeout to win.
GOLD MEDAL GAME
Humber 6 vs Niagara 4
The Hawks played ping pong curling with the Knights through the first four ends, but it was the Hawks who scored twice in the fourth who held the slim one point lead at the four-end break. Humber, playing well, held Niagara to a single point in the fifth. The sixth end, at least to this point in the match was the turning point. Humber fought through, making multiple great shots to grab a huge two point lead with two ends to play. Fine play limited Niagara to one point, and Humber held a one point lead heading home, but with hammer. Niagara played brilliant, lying three and with a shot at a come from behind victory. But, they left the door just ajar, and it was Hawks Skip Cassie Paccanaro who came through with the shot of the tournament. Her draw curled around a couple of guards and rested right upon the centre dot, just nudging the Knights back. Hawks score! Hawks win!
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Ice 4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
FINAL |
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NIAGARA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
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HUMBER |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Post Tournament Awards:
1st Team All Star Skip – Cassandra Paccanaro
1st Team All Star Second – Heidi Beck
Humber will now advance to the CCAA National Championships in Camrose, Alberta, in March.
