Team Alberta skip Selena Sturmay, pictured on Saturday, improved to 6-0 at the Canadian women's curling championship on Wednesday.
Alberta's Selena Sturmay clinched a playoff spot at the Canadian women's curling championship. Meanwhile, Skylar Ackerman claimed third in the pool.Team Alberta skip Selena Sturmay, pictured on Saturday, improved to 6-0 at the Canadian women's curling championship on Wednesday. A change-up and a settling into new roles has Rachel Homan's curling team extending a stellar season into the Canadian women's curling championship.
Host Alberta, skipped by rookie Selena Sturmay, was also playoff-bound atop Pool A at 6-0 after an extra-end win over Northern Ontario in the morning draw. Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville, Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes, B.C.'s Corryn Brown and Quebec's Laurie St-Georges were battling for their playoff lives at 3-3.The winner of Sunday's final represents Canada at the world championship March 16-24 in Sydney, N.S., and earns a return trip to the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., as defending champion.
When Homan's lead Joanne Courtney retired in 2022 and career skip Fleury joined the team, Homan stepped away from skipping while still throwing fourth stones. Fleury called the shots and threw third stones while Homan's longtime vice Emma Miskew shifted to second and Sarah Wilkes to lead. "The first year as a team is always going to be a little bit of learning," Miskew said. "It definitely helps having a second year.
"I feel like we're all in the position that we need to be," Homan said. "You want to be matched up really well and outplay your opposition, and I feel like everyone on our team has the ability to outplay the opposition, right up the lineup, so it's a really good feeling."
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