Homan rolling into WFG Masters Semis

Ottawa's Rachel Homan (photo: Jeffrey Au) won 5-2 over Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in Grand Slam Quarterfinals. Playing their sixth event of the season, Homan throwing the last stone with Tracy Fleury throwing third and calling the game, have lost only five games this season, compared to 28 wins. Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes round out the front end on a team that's been playing very well, now sitting #2 overall on the WCF World Team Rankings, behind only Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland. Homan began with hammer, though they surrendered an opening end steal to Hasselborg, who was coming off a 5-2 win over Switzerland's Michele Jaeggi in morning tiebreakers. Homan bounced back with two in the second end, then stole another point when Hasselborg attempted her third straight blank in the fifth end. Hasselborg made a runback double attempt for two in the sixth end, settling for a single point, with Homan scoring one in the seventh and taking on an extra point in the eighth end for the 5-2 win. Thus far, Homan has been undefeated in Oakville at the Sixteen Mile Sports Centre, winning with opening game 8-7 over Sweden Isabella Wrana, then 6-2 over Eun-Ji Gim of Korea. Homan then won 7-2 against Tirinzoni and dropped Chelsea Carey 7-2 in their final round-robin game. Homan faces Gim again in the semifinals, coming up at 7:30 pm ET on Saturday. Gimli's Kerri Einarson will take on Tabitha Peterson of Chaska, Minnesota, in the other semifinal match. The broadcast continues with Sportsnet featuring all semifinals game with their 'Around-the-Rings' coverage.