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Women’s in focus as new details emerge
Sports reporting indicates For the first time in Kerri Einarson’s career while wearing the Maple Leaf at the women’s world curling championship, she won’t have now to play a qualification game to reach the semifinals. League coverage adds Along with her teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Karlee Burgess, earned that right by beating Japan 6-5 on Friday night in Calgary to finish with a record of 10-2 and secure the No., Einarson.
For the first time in Kerri Einarson’s career while wearing the Maple Leaf at the women’s world curling championship, she won’t have now to play a qualification game to reach the semifinals. League coverage adds Along with her teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Karlee Burgess, earned that right by beating Japan 6-5 on Friday night in Calgary to finish with a record of 10-2 and secure the No., Einarson. Team-side reporting suggests While Canada has now been good for most of the week, all four team members elevated their game versus Japan. Post-game reporting indicates Einarson’s double takeout through a tight port in the eighth end embodies that. League coverage adds Because at that point, even though Canada was most definitely outplaying the Japanese team, the game was only 4-3. Team-side reporting suggests But there was no draw path available with Japan sitting two stones in the four-foot., Canada had shot stone even ahead of Einarson threw her last rock.
Key Facts
- For the first time in Kerri Einarson’s career while wearing the Maple Leaf at the women’s world curling championship, she won’t have now to play a qualification game to reach the semifinals.
- Along with her teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Karlee Burgess, earned that right by beating Japan 6-5 on Friday night in Calgary to finish with a record of 10-2 and secure the No., Einarson.
- While Canada has now been good for most of the week, all four team members elevated their game versus Japan.
- Einarson’s double takeout through a tight port in the eighth end embodies that.
- Because at that point, even though Canada was most definitely outplaying the Japanese team, the game was only 4-3.