STRATFORD, Ont. - Nunavut finally has a win at the Canadian junior women's curling championship.

Skip Sadie Pinksen snapped a provincial 32-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Zoey Walsh of the Northwest Territories on Tuesday night. It's the first victory for Nunavut since joining the national junior championship four years ago.

"It was definitely a long journey to this point, but we stayed really strong and we've taken a lot from every game we played up until now, and that definitely was a factor in the way we played today," said Pinksen, who'll be the alternate for the Nunavut women's team at next month's Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Nunavut finished the preliminary round with a 1-5 record in Pool A, and will play in the seeding pool to determine the final rankings for next year's Canadian juniors in Victoria.

The top four teams in each pool advanced to the championship round for a further four-game partial round robin from Wednesday through Friday, with their earlier records carried forward.

Meanwhile, the six teams of each gender that didn't qualify for the championship round meet in the seeding round.

New Brunswick's Justine Comeau (5-1) clinched first in Pool A earlier Tuesday with a win over Manitoba's Abby Ackland. Ackland (5-1) came back in the evening draw to nail down second place with a 9-6 win over Alberta's Selena Sturmay (4-2), who will also go to the championship round.

Quebec's Laurie St-Georges (4-2) grabbed the fourth championship berth with an 11-5 victory over Northern Ontario's Megan Smith (2-4).

In Pool B, B.C.'s Sarah Daniels finished the preliminary round unbeaten with an 8-4 win over Ontario's Courtney Auld (3-3). Ontario finished fourth to move into the championship round.

Nova Scotia's Mary Fay (5-1) finished second, while Saskatchewan's Kourtney Fesser (4-2) was third. Both Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan had byes on Tuesday night.

In the other Pool B game, Prince Edward Island's Katie Fullerton (2-4) downed Yukon's Alyssa Meger 11-5. Both teams will be joined by Newfoundland and Labrador's Brooke Godsland in the seeding round.

In men's play, Manitoba's Matt Dunstone finished off a perfect preliminary round in Pool A with a 9-3 win over Quebec's Felix Asselin (4-2), who finished second in the pool.

Ontario's Doug Kee (4-2) secured third in the pool with a 7-4 victory over Nova Scotia's Matthew Manuel, while Alberta's Karsten Sturmay (3-3) was fourth.

Nova Scotia will be joined by Newfoundland and Labrador's Greg Smith and Nunavut's Arthur Siksik in the seeding round.

B.C.'s Tyler Tardi finished on top of Pool B at 6-0, while Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan (5-1) was second.

New Brunswick's Alex Robichaud (4-2) clinched third after topping Saskatchewan's Jake Hersikorn 10-6. Saskatchewan earned the last championship round berth.

Prince Edward Island's Matt MacLean (2-4) knocked off the Yukon's Brayden Klassen (0-6) 10-4 in the other Pool B game. Those two teams, along with Matt Miller of the Northwest Territories, will play in the seeding round.