World Curling Championships
Homan awaits playoff opponent after finishing round robin in third place
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Orléans native Rachel Homan will get the day off at the Women's World Curling Championships as she awaits the results of a series of tiebreakers to detemine who she will play in the 3-vs-4 playoff game on Saturday. File photo

After finishing the round robun portion of the Women's World Curling Championship in third place, Orléans native Rachel Homan must wait for a series of tiebreakers to play out before she will find out whp her opponent will be in the 3 vs 4 Page playoff game.

Swittzerland, Russia and the U.S.A. all finished the round robin with identical 6-5 records. The Swiss and the Russians will play in the first tiebreaker game with the winner moving on to face the U.S.A. for the right to play Canada early Saturday morning.

After clinching a playoff berth with a win over China early Friday morning, Homan and her team of third Emma Miskew, second Alison Kreviazuk and lead Lisa Weagle, made short work of Japan beating them 8-4 after jumping out to a 7-1 lead.

Team Homan has beaten both Switzerland and Russia during the round robin, but lost to the United States. Their other two losses came against the two front runners Sweden and Scotland who will play in the 1 vs 2 playoff game.

Should Canada win their first playoff game they will take on the lose of the Sweden vs Scotland game in the semi-final and the winner in the final.

It's a tall order to fill, but Homan only needs to look back to the recent Canadian men's championship for inspirtation. Saskatchewan's Brad Facob's won the Brier after finishing the round robin in third place.

(Posted 7:30 a.m., March 22)

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