ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Rachel Homan’s perfect record is intact after a 5-1 victory over Quebec’s Eve Belisle at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The Ontario skip scored a deuce in the fourth end and gave up just a single point in the sixth to improve to 10-0.
Manitoba’s Michelle Englot clinched a playoff berth and improved to 9-1 in round-robin play after a 7-2 win over British Columbia’s Marla Mallett.
Team Canada’s Chelsea Carey is alone in third place at 7-1 and Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville is next at 5-3. Both teams had the morning off.
In other early games, Heather Nedohin skipped Alberta to a 5-4 win over P.E.I.’s Robyn MacPhee and Newfoundland and Labrador’s Stacie Curtis beat Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories 7-4.
Two more draws are scheduled for later in the day at the Meridian Centre. Round-robin play concludes Friday morning and the medal games are scheduled for Sunday.