Homan, Bottcher remain undefeated at Canadian mixed doubles curling trials | CBC Sports

Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher remained undefeated at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials with a 7-3 win over Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo in Tuesday’s morning draw.

The duo improved to 3-0 with the victory, good for a share of first place in the Pool A standings with Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres.

Homan and Bottcher scored one in the fifth end to take a 4-3 lead, then blew open what was initially a close game with steals of one in the sixth and two in the seventh.

Walker and Muyres kept pace with a 9-5 win over Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter, putting the game away by scoring three in the sixth end.

Zheng and Pietrangelo dropped to 1-2 while Tran and Kleiter dropped to 2-1.

In other early draw scores, Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing improved to 2-1 with an 8-2 win over Robert Desjardins and Anne-Sophie Gionest (0-3) and Paige Papley and Evan Van Amsterdam upped their record to 1-2 with a 7-4 win over Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock (0-3).