LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada's Rachel Homan defeated South Korea's Eunji Gim 8-2 on Wednesday to secure a playoff berth at the Pan Continental curling championships. Homan, from Ottawa, needed only six ends to complete her fifth straight victory.
LACOMBE, Alta. — Canada's Rachel Homan defeated South Korea's Eunji Gim 8-2 on Wednesday to secure a playoff berth at the Pan Continental curling championships."I think we played a pretty solid game," she said."I’m sure they’ll be stronger when we see them next.”
Homan scored three points in the third end and tacked on three more in the fifth. Gim had a double-takeout to score three in the sixth end but was wide with her delivery and settled for one, prompting the concession. Japan's Miyu Ueno and South Korea also qualified for the playoffs. In other early games, Japan dumped Mexico 11-3, China's Rui Wang trounced Taiwan's Ko Yang 14-2 and American Cory Thiesse beat New Zealand's Chelsea Suddens 6-2.
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