2-win day puts Rachel Homan at 8-0 and in a playoff spot in women’s world curling
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Rachel Homan skipped the host side to a 7-2 victory over Japan's Miyu Ueno in the morning and a 9-5 win over Turkey's Dilsat Yildiz at night Wednesday to remain unbeaten at 8-0.
Canada’s team has embraced the grind of an unforgiving schedule at the world women’s curling championship. The wins keep on coming no matter when the Ottawa-based foursome is playing.
Rachel Homan skipped the host side to a 7-2 victory over Japan’s Miyu Ueno in the morning and a 9-5 win over Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz at night Wednesday to remain unbeaten at 8-0 and secure a playoff spot.
The morning victory came after a win over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni the previous night.
That result, which came after an extra-end win over Italy’s Stefania Constantini earlier Tuesday, ended a 42-game win streak at the world championship for four-time defending champion Tirinzoni.
“It was a big day, probably too much caffeine,” Homan said. “It was a ton of fun.”
Returning to Centre 200 to face a young Japanese side skipped by the 2022 world junior champion, Canada’s Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes took a few ends to adjust to straighter ice on their sheet.
A defensive battle ensued with Canada breaking things open with three points in the eighth end. Miskew helped set it up by leaving two stones under partial cover to pressure the Japanese side.
Ueno tried a cross-house double, but left her stone exposed. Homan made the hit and the teams shook hands after the Canadians stole a point in the ninth end.
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