Rachel Homan improves to 3-0 after win over Flaxey at the National
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Ottawa’s Rachel Homan continued her strong play of late on Thursday, remaining undefeated in round-robin play at the National.
Homan, who is coming off a loss to Jennifer Jones at last week’s Canada Cup final, routed Allison Flaxey of Caledon, Ont., 10-2 in the afternoon draw while improving to 3-0 at the Grand Slam event. Homan broke the game open in the fifth end by scoring three before adding another three in the sixth.
Edmonton’s Val Sweeting (3-0) is also undefeated after a 5-3 win over Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg.
In other women’s action, Jones of Winnipeg defeated South Korea’s EunJung Kim 6-3 and Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson topped Scotland’s Eve Muirhead 5-3.