Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) lost
7-5 to
Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won
5-3 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
8-2 over
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.
Einarson finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated
Amber Holland (Regina, SK) 7-3, then won
9-1 against
Allison Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB) and
8-6 against
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi -do, KOR). Einarson won
5-3 against
Fujisawa in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, Einarson take home
55.804 world rankings points along with the $10,400CDN prize. Einarson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 36.376 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with
371.102 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Einarson ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
215.673 points earned so far this season.
