CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Emma
Miskew

Second
Alison
Kreviazuk

Lead
Lisa
Weagle

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won 9-6 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 16 - 24, 2013 in Kingston, Ontario.

Homan finished 10-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Stacie Devereaux (St. John's, NL) 8-1, then won 9-5 against Kristie Moore (Grande Prairie, AB) and 9-2 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). Homan won 9-8 against Kelly Scott (Kelowna, BC), then won 7-5 against New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford and 8-4 against Allisson Ross (Dollard Des Ormeaux, PQ). Homan won 8-2 against Jill Shumay (Maidstone, SK). Homan went on to lose 9-7 against Jones. Homan responded with a 6-5 win over Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS). Homan won 10-2 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 6-5 against Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Homan earned 45.000 world rankings points. Homan move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 43.589 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 228.595 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Homan ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 185.400 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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