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B.C.’s Sasha Carter watches her shot during the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Photo CCA/Andrew Klaver)

UPDATE FRIDAY, FEB. 22 9:30 A.M. - Kelly Scott has clinched at least a spot in a tie-breaker at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Scott defeated Northwest Territories/Yukon 9-7 Friday morning to improve her record to 7-3. She will conclude round robin play Friday afternoon against 3-7 Quebec.

A win against Quebec would guarantee Scott a spot in Saturday's 3-4 Page Playoff game.

Scott could still slip to a tie-breaker if she were to lose while Saskatchewan and/or New Brunswick win their remaining games Friday.

After struggling with the ice early in the week, Kelowna's Kelly Scott is starting to hit her stride at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, ON.

Sitting with a pedestrian 3-3 record following play Tuesday, Scott has reeled off three wins in a row to move into sole possession of fourth spot through nine draws.

The top four teams following the conclusion of round robin play will advance to Saturday's Page Playoff round.

“We’re a little under the radar,” said Scott about the team’s return to form after a slow start. “We’re not the front-runners this week, so we’re scrapping. Every game we’re scrapping out there, so that’s going to be our style for this Scotties."

Scott made the comments after a relatively easy 9-2 win over Saskatchewan Thursday evening.

The two teams came into the game with identical 5-3 records.

Tied at 1-1 after two Scott blew the game wide open in the third.

After key shots from Sasha Carter (2nd) and Jeanna Schraeder (third), Scott was left with an open draw for four.

She would score two more in six and stole a pair in seven before the Saskatchewan rink removed the gloves and shook hands.

Thursday's lopsided win capped an impressive 24 hours for Scott and crew who turned things around with an come-from-behind 9-8 win over PEI Wednesday night.

She tied it in nine before stealing the winning point in 10.

“Every time you get through to playoffs in a tournament like this, you have one game through the round robin that you look back at and say that was maybe a turning point, or that was the game that got us into this position in playoffs,” stated Scott."

She backed that up with a 7-4 win over Newfoundland/Labrador.

Scott can clinch a playoff berth with wins over the Northwest Territories/Yukon (1-8) and Quebec (3-6) Friday.

Manitoba's Jennifer Jones continues steamroll the competition improving to 9-0 with two more wins Thursday.

Ontario is 8-1 followed by defending champion Heather Nedohin at 7-2.

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