World Curling Championships
Team Homan clinches playoff spot with win over China
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Orléans native Rachel Homan has clinched a spot in the playoffs at the World Curling Championships after skipping her team to a win over China this morning. File photo

Orléan's skip Rachel Homan and her team of Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle have clinched a spot in Friday's 3 vs 4 Page playoff game at the World Curling Championships in Latvia after beating China early Thursday morning.

The Canadian foursome needed a big 10th end to knock off the former world champions from China who had just taken a 4-3 lead with a deuce in the ninth.

The two teams exchanged points with the hammer in the first two ends and then Homan managed to steal a point in the third. After Chna tied the game in the fourth, Canada blanked the fifth and sixth ends before they were forced to take a point in the seventh

With Canada leading 3-2, China blanked the eighth end and then counted two big points in the ninth setting up the big final end.

A couple of missed shots was all the Canadian foursome needed as Homan took advantage of the chance to post a big number with a pair of well placed shots. The result was four counters and the win, allowing them to take over sole possession of third place as Russia fell to Scotland dropping them to fourth.

The only team with a chance of moving Canada into fourth place is the U.S., but the Americans would have to win both of their remaining games and Canada would have to lose their lone remaining round robin game against Japan. That seems highly unlikely seeing that the Americans final two games are against Scotland and Russia.

The Canada Vs Japan game will be televised on TSN at 8:30 a.m.

(Posted 6 a.m., March 21)

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