(by Jean Mills) After a heart-breaking loss to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead on Saturday, Rachel Homan returned to the ice on Sunday to win a medal for Canada.
Rachel Homan (CCA photo)
Homan and her Ottawa team – Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle, with alternate Stephanie LeDrew and coach Earl Morris – earned their spot on the podium by defeating Erika Brown of the U.S.A. 8-6 at the Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women’s Curling Championship 2013, presented by Ford Motor Company of Canada.
The Canadians took a single to start in the game. The U.S. followed by scoring two, and after that, it was all Canada. Homan tied the game 3-3 in the third with a three-point end, and then forced Brown to chase for the rest of game. Canada kept the pressure on, just as they had in their Page 3-4 game a day earlier, never relinquishing the lead.
Brown tried to get some offence going, but with Homan curling at 94 per cent – 100 per cent on draws – there was nowhere to hide. In the tenth kept it fairly open, Homan was able to hit out for the 8-6 win.
Scotland’s Muirhead will play Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson in the gold-medal match-up at 9 a.m. Atlantic Sunday on TSN/RDS, the official broadcast partner of the Season of Champions.
Event news, live scores and galleries can be found on the event website: http://wwcc2013.curlingevents.com