ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Ontario’s Rachel Homan won her second in a row to kick off the Canadian women’s curling championship with a 9-3 victory over B.C.’s Marla Mallett on Sunday.
Homan stole two points in the fifth and seventh ends plus a single in the eighth.
The two-time Canadian champ opened the Scotties Tournament of Hearts beating defending champion Chelsea Carey 7-5 in an extra end Saturday.
Manitoba’s Michelle Englot joined Homan at 2-0 following an 8-5 win over Saskatchewan’s Penny Barker in Sunday morning’s draw.
Carey recovered with a 6-4 win over Nova Scotia’s Mary Mattatall.
Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, a Hearts finalist last year, joined Carey and Mattatall at 1-1 after downing Quebec’s Eve Belisle 9-4.
Saskatchewan, Quebec and B.C. fell to 0-2.
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