Defending champion Kelly Scott and her Team Canada rink advanced to the Tournament of Hearts final with a 7-5 win Saturday over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in Lethbridge, Alta.

Scott, from Kelowna, B.C., will now meet Saskatchewan's Jan Betker in Sunday's final (CBC, 1:30 p.m. ET) with a chance to win her second consecutive title at the Canadian women's curling championship.

Team Canada skip Kelly Scott reacts to her 7-5 win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones at the 2007 Tournament of Hearts Saturday in Lethbridge, Alta.
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Betker beat Scott in Friday's Page playoff game to advance to the final.

Scott is looking to become just the fifth skip to win consecutive titles in the tournament's 45-year history.

"We're ready for it," Scott said. "We know what to expect and we're excited to get out there [Sunday]."

Scott, the former world junior champion, made it to the semifinals of her first Tournament of Hearts in 2005, then lost to Shannon Kleibrink in the Olympic trials final later that year.

Scott finally broke through at last year's Hearts, erasing any questions about her big-game mettle by roaring back from a four-point deficit after four ends to knock off defending champ Jones 8-6.

The winner of Sunday's final will represent Canada at the women's world championship March 17-25 in Aomori, Japan.

"It's going to be a great game, I hope," Betker said. "I'm sure it will be right down to the wire. They're going to be hungry to get back to the world stage because I think they've got a little unfinished business there."

Scott quickly went up 4-0 after the third end but couldn't shake Jones, the 2005 champion.

"Those leads are hard to defend," Scott told CBC Sports. "We've had trouble with them all season long, but finally we hung on when it really mattered."

Trailing 5-1 at the midway point in the match, Jones took four of the next five points over the next three ends to cut Scott's lead to 6-5.

Canada then scored one point in ninth to grab a 7-5 edge, but headed into the final end without last-rock advantage.

However, Scott's takeout of a Manitoba stone with her last shot foiled any opportunity for Jones to rally and send the match to an extra end.

Scott curled an impressive 83 per cent against Jones, who struggled with her shots throughout the contest.

"This game could have gone either way today," Jones said. "The only thing that's unfortunate is we didn't play as well as we'd like to today. It was just one of those days."

With files from the Canadian Press