Ottawa’s Homan cruises to Draw 6 victory at GSOC’s Boost National

Ottawa’s Team Rachel Homan rolled out to a big win defeating Toronto’s Team Hollie Duncan 9-4 in six ends during round-robin play during Draw 6 action on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Memorial Gardens the Boost National.

After deuces back and forth to start, Homan (1-1) stole away four points in the third to make it 6-2. Duncan (0-2) was held to a single in the fourth and Homan counted three more points in the fifth. It was handshakes early after Duncan was limited to another lonely point in the sixth.

Team Kerri Einarson climbed to a 2-0 record during round-robin play in the Boost National.

Einarson, from Gimli, Man., cruised to a 10-4 victory over Winnipeg’s Team Jennifer Jones during Draw 6 action. 

It was 5-1 for Einarson before her team even had their first crack at the hammer as they stole two points in the first and three in the second while holding Jones to a single in the third. The teams alternated pairs of points in four and five as Einarson reclaimed a four-point advantage fast.

Jones, who won the 2018 women’s world championship in this very same building, stole one in the sixth but it was game over after Einarson tacked three more points on the board in the seventh.

Japan’s Team Satsuki Fujisawa moved up to 2-0 with a 6-5 decision over Sweden’s Team Isabella Wranå (1-1) and South Korea’s Team Eun-Jung Kim (1-1) stole one in the sixth and four in the seventh during a 7-4 win over Team Krista McCarville (0-2) from Thunder Bay, Ont.