smith then moved to halifax, nova scotia and began competing there. in the meantime, she met and married saskatchewan curler mark dacey, who would move to halifax to live with her. she would win five provincial mixed titles playing third for her then-husband, mark (2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009). she won the canadian mixed curling championship in 2002 and in 2010. she and dacey were selected to represent canada at the 2010 world mixed doubles curling championship, but could not go due to the air travel disruption after the 2010 eyjafjallajökull eruption. smith-dacey has also won three provincial women's titles: in 2000 playing third for kay zinck and as skip in 2004 and 2011. at the 2000 scott tournament of hearts, her team lost in a tie breaker to the eventual winner kelley law of british columbia, after posting a 7-4 record. at the 2004 scott tournament of hearts, she finished with a 6-5 record.