SYDNEY, N.S. — When coach Don Bartlett started working with Rachel Homan's team this season, he wanted the foursome to aim for a winning percentage of at least 80 per cent. Mission more than accomplished so far.
SYDNEY, N.S. — When coach Don Bartlett started working with Rachel Homan's team this season, he wanted the foursome to aim for a winning percentage of at least 80 per cent.Homan edged Italy's Stefania Constantini 8-7 in an extra end on Tuesday to remain unbeaten at the world women's curling championship and extend her overall win streak to 21 games.
The Canadians will return to Centre 200 in the evening for a marquee matchup against defending champion Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland . Homan regained the lead with a pair in the sixth and added singles in the seventh and ninth ends. Her squad put the pressure on in the 10th while up one without hammer."We stuck together," Homan said."We figured out the rocks and the ice. Once we did that, we started making more shots."
Italy fell into a three-way tie for third place at 4-1 with Denmark's Madeleine Dupont and South Korea's Eunji Gim, a 9-3 winner over Scotland's Rebecca Morrison.
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