Ottawa’s Rachel Homan edged Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 7-6 on Wednesday to clinch first in the women’s round robin at the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials.

The two rinks finished the preliminary round with 6-1 records. Homan earned the direct bye to the best-of-three women’s final with the head-to-head win.

Homan scored two in the eighth for a 7-4 advantage before Einarson countered with singles in each of the final two ends.

Einarson will face hometown favourite Christina Black in a Thursday semifinal.

Black scored three in the 10th end for a 10-6 victory over Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man., to finish tied for third at 4-2 with Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes and Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay. She moved on to the semifinal by having the best cumulative last stone draw ranking of the

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