(Posted 7 a.m., March 12)
Homan suffers first defeat at World Junior Curling Championships
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Rachel Homan's bid for a World Championship hit a minor speed bump on Friday as the Orleans skip suffered her first loss in the final draw of the round robin portion of the tournament on Thursday.

The Homan rink, which is made up of includes third Emma Miskew, second Laura Crocker and lead Lynn Kreviazuk, came up on the short end of an 8-6 loss to Switzerland who was in a must win situation.

Despite the loss, Canada still finished atop the leaderboard with an 8-1 record and will play in the 1-2 playoff game today against Sweden with the winner earning abye into Sunday's final The loser will play the winner of the 3-4 playoff game between the Swiss and the Americans whoch will also take place this afternoon.

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