Saskatchewan's Michelle Englot won and lost yesterday, and then attended the funeral of her dad. 

     After playing two games on Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Saskatchewan skip and her teammates were heading immediately to Englot's hometown of Montmartre, 90 kilometres east of Regina, for her father's funeral.

     Joel Englot, 74, died of a heart attack the day before the Scotties Tournament of Hearts opened.

     It wasn't surprising that Saskatchewan opened the tournament at 0-2 after such a shock.  However, the Regina team recovered to win their fourth game in a row on Tuesday morning, a 6-5 decision against the Territories, before falling 8-4 to Nova Scotia.

     At 4-3, the host team was still in contention for one of four playoff berths at the conclusion of the round robin on Thursday.  However, Ontario's Sherry Middaugh and Alberta's Shannon Kleibrink were tied atop the 12-team field at 6-1 after Tuesday's play.