Homan rink to play for world title.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. —There’s only one more step to the top of the world for Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle.

The Ottawa Curling Club rink guaranteed themselves an upgrade on their 2013 world bronze medals by defeating Switzerland 8-3 in the 1-2 Page playoff game of this year’s world championship, and they’ll try to claim their country’s first global title since 2008 in the Sunday evening final at Harbour Station arena.

“It’s all confidence right now,” said Homan, the 24-year-old skip who also earned a world junior silver medal for Canada in Switzerland in 2010. “We’re feeling really good. We’re going to be nervous come the gold-medal game, but that’s going to be a good thing.

“It means a lot to us and we want to bring back gold for Canada.”

Their opponents in Sunday’s gold-medal game will be determined on Saturday.

The winner of the 3-4 Page game between Russia and South Korea in the morning will face Switzerland in the afternoon semifinal.

The Canadians will be off the ice all day, with no practice scheduled until just before the bronze-medal game on Sunday morning.

“We are ready. We need the rest more than we need to play,” Homan said. “We are playing really well and the more rested and mentally prepared we are for Sunday, the better off we are.”

The Swiss, the 2,835 spectators in the arena and any number of television viewers might argue the Canadian were lights out on Friday night.

The home team never trailed and the game was tied only once: after Canada, with last-rock advantage, blanked the first end.

Homan made a draw for a single in the second end, stole one when Feltscher was light with her final rock of the third.

Kreviazuk made a triple-takeout in the fifth end and a double in the sixth, and Homan forced Feltscher to draw for one in the eighth with a sparkling double of her own. Canada still led 5-3 at that point.

Feltscher’s attempt to guard a shot stone in the ninth curled too much, allowing Homan just enough room to slide past for a takeout that led to the final three points and to a concession by the Swiss.