Music: {allcanada} JONES ADVANCES TO FOURTH STRAIGHT FINAL AT THE SCOTTIES

CHARLOTTETOWN - Jennifer Jones is in familiar territory.

The Winnipeg skip will lead her team into the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for a fourth straight year after defeating Saskatchewan's Amber Holland 10-9 in an extra-end Friday.

After winning the last three national titles, another on Sunday (TSN, 6:30 p.m. ET) would tie the record for consecutive victories set by Colleen Jones from 2001 to 2004. Jones also wants to represent Canada again at the world championships in Esjberg, Denmark, next month.

"I don't even think about the record," the 36-year-old Team Canada skip said. "It's all about coming out and playing well and enjoying the moment.

"Maybe things will go our way and it's always an honour to wear the Maple Leaf on your back. If we have the opportunity again, that would be amazing."

Saskatchewan can earn a rematch with Jones on Sunday, but the Kronau Curling Club team will have to win Saturday's semifinal (TSN, 4 p.m. ET).

The winner of Saturday's playoff between Ontario's Rachel Homan and Nova Scotia's Heather Smith-Dacey (TSN, 11 a.m. ET) will face Saskatchewan in the semifinal.

Holland's team started the tournament 8-0, but lost momentum with three losses in its last four games.

"The odd little brain fart we weren't having before," the Saskatchewan skip said. "Some of our games in the round robin, when he had that little oops, the other team gave us an oops back.

"The last couple games we've played, the teams haven't done that, so we have to be sharper."

Jones and second Jill Officer have won four Canadian championships together, including a title in 2005. Jones and Officer won their three straight with Dawn Askin at lead. Jones replaced long-time third Cathy Overton-Clapham with Canadian junior champion Kaitlyn Lawes last year.

"I don't think experience is necessary, but it doesn't hurt," Jones said of her playoff prowess at the Scotties. "Obviously we know what to expect. We're really excited to play on Sunday and Kaitlyn is pumped."

Saskatchewan (9-2) and Jones (8-3) finished 1-2 in the preliminary round and the second half of their playoff game Friday was a tug-of-war as they alternated leads. The third and seconds on both teams were wildly inconsistent, leading to swings in momentum.

Holland was light on a pair of draws in the extra end, meaning Jones didn't have to throw her final stone for the win.

Lawes and Officer had misses in the 10th, which allowed Holland to score two and force an extra end. In the ninth, it was Saskatchewan sisters Kim and Tammy Schneider making mistakes, which helped Jones score three and lead 9-7.

Holland executed a tough double takeout in the eighth end to split the back of the rings and set up to score two with the hammer. When Jones rolled her shooter out of the house on a takeout, Holland had an open draw to score two and retake the lead 7-6.

A steal of two in the seventh gave Jones the lead for the first time in the game. She buried her draw behind cover with her last shot to lay two, leaving Holland an angle raise hit, which she missed.

With Lawes and Officer struggling over the first four ends, Holland put pressure on Jones and led 5-2 after five. It wasn't until the sixth end that Jones scored a pair with the hammer.

"Obviously we came out strong," Holland said. "We just need to figure out what to do in the middle of the game to be a bit better there."

Meanwhile, Homan's young curling team from Ottawa has won approval from opposing players at the Scotties, including the skip facing them Saturday.

Homan, third Emma Miskew and second Alison Kreviazuk won a Canadian junior title and finished second at the world junior championship last year. The skip and vice are 21, Kreviazuk is 22 and lead Lisa Weagle is 25.

Talented, sure, but inexperienced at the next level of women's curling in this country. That didn't matter to Ontario, which went 8-3 in their first national championship and secured the third playoff seeding.

"It's unbelievable," Smith-Dacey said. "When you're younger you don't overthink, you just play and that's what they do very, very well."

Smith-Dacey's Halifax team kept their title hopes alive by beating B.C.'s Kelly Scott 9-8 in Friday afternoon's tiebreaker to secure the fourth playoff spot. Both teams finished the preliminary round 7-4.

Homan has an excellent poker face on the ice as she gives nothing away. The University of Ottawa student and her teammates have played confidently all week and beat Nova Scotia 9-3 in the opening draw.

After watching Friday's tiebreaker, Homan allowed that her team may have been ahead of the curling curve in qualifying for playoffs on their first go.

"We're a little surprised I guess that we made it here so soon," Homan said. "It's amazing to get that success early and hopefully we can continue with it.

"I'm excited to play. Hopefully it will be a long day for us."

Scott says Ontario didn't get caught making some of the mistakes rookies often make at their first Scotties.

"Normally those juniors who come out, you can kind of rope them into a few things, strategy and even arena ice conditions," she said. "They've kept it going throughout the week, had a solid week and by no means scraping out their wins.

"They're here to play, controlling their games and a real good confident demeanour out there and they'll be tough right until the end. I wouldn't be surprised if they get through another playoff game or two."

Smith-Dacey's third Danielle Parsons is a junior-aged player the team picked up when regular skip Colleen Jones, a six-time Canadian champ, was struck with meningitis. Blisse Comstock, 27, and Teri Lake, 29, make up the front end.

Smith-Dacey, 38, moved up in the order to replace Jones and will skip her first playoff game at the Scotties on Saturday. She called the shots for the Nova Scotia team that went 6-5 at the 2004 Scotties.

So despite the difference in their ages, both Smith-Dacey and Homan are in new curling territory.

"One of the biggest (games) for me too," Smith-Dacey said. "I'm in a different stage of my life obviously with children, businesses and all that stuff. We're thrilled to be in this position."

The tournament finalists each get $15,500 in prize money, third place earns $11,500 and fourth picks up $7,500.