FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – The men's final at the 2019 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Curling Championships will be one for the birds, literally.
The Carleton Ravens will face the Memorial Sea-Hawks.
Meanwhile, the women's final will feature Ontario rivals Laurentian and Brock.
The Ravens advanced to Tuesday's gold medal game with an 8-6 win over the defending champion Alberta Golden Bears.
Ravens skip Cameron Goodkey scored twice in the sixth end and added three more in the eighth.
"It feels great," said Goodkey, on the opportunity to play for a national title. "It's what we came here to do and to get there, it's a pretty good feeling. We came out knowing we had to make shots and we made them, and good things happened."
Memorial's Greg Blyde upset Dalhousie's Matthew Manuel 10-3, in nine ends.
The Sea-Hawks scored three in the seventh end and two more in the ninth to beat a Tigers team that had finished the round-robin portion of the tournament with a 6-1 record.
"To be on the podium at a Canadian (national championship), it's such a dream. I can't even believe it," said Blyde. "We played so solid, front to back. It was probably our best game of the whole season, to be honest."
In the final round-robin draw for the men, Dal had already locked up their semifinal berth before the day began.
Still, they were business-like in a 7-2 win over Blyde and the Sea-Hawks.
Alberta moved into the semis beating Western 7-5.
The host UNB Reds fell behind 5-0, but scored in five consecutive ends to beat Lethbridge 9-7.
And the Ravens scored three in the fourth end, doubling Brock 8-4.
"It's always good to take a three. We had our chance and took advantage of it," said Goodkey. "It was a good win, we played well. We made a lot of shots and the outcome was good."
The final day of the championships, which features the gold and bronze medal games, begins Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. PT.
TEAM STANDINGS (Round-Robin)
Men
1 Dalhousie Tigers (6-1)
2 Carleton Ravens (5-2)
3 Alberta Golden Bears (5-2)
4 Memorial Sea-Hawks (4-3)
5 UNB Reds (3-4)
6 Western Mustangs (3-4)
7 Brock Badgers (2-5)
8 Lethbridge Pronghorns (0-7)
SEMIFINALS
Men
(1) Dalhousie 3, (4) Memorial 10
(2) Carleton 8, (3) Alberta 6
FINALS
Men
(2) Carleton vs (4) Memorial