(by Jason Simmonds)
SUMMERSIDE – Canadian women’s champion Rachel Homan and Olympic gold-medallist Jennifer Jones advanced to the women’s semifinals of the 2014 Players’ Championship.
The Jennifer Jones rink chats during a television timeout during Saturday afternoon’s quarter-final game against Eve Muirhead in the 2014 Players’ Championship at Eastlink Arena in Summerside. From left are second stone Jill Officer, Jones, third stone Kaitlyn Lawes and lead Dawn McEwen.
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Homan scored a deuce in the final end to defeat Stefanie Lawton 7-5 while Jones, who never led against Eve Muirhead, stole two points in an extra end to also win 7-5. The two quarter-final games were played at Eastlink Arena on Saturday afternoon.
In the semifinals on Saturday at 8:30 p.m., Jones will face Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson in a rematch of the gold-medal game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and Homan will take on Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland.