Rachel Homan off to strong start at Tournament of Hearts

Ontario skip Rachel Homan. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

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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