Carey rolls on at Scotties, Homan and McCarville advance to playoffs

Unbeaten Alberta skip Chelsea Carey kept rolling at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Wednesday with a 12-3 rout of Quebec’s Gabrielle Lavoie at Centre 200.

Carey finished Pool A curling play at 7-0 and will advance to the championship round starting Thursday afternoon.

“You’d love to go undefeated but you hope you’d go 6-1 or 5-2 and give yourself a good chance in the championship round,” Carey said.

“7-0 is a bonus and we’ll take it.” Ontario’s Rachel Homan and Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville joined Carey in the championship round after posting afternoon victories. Homan (5-2) booked her ticket with an 8-6 win over British Columbia’s Sarah Wark while McCarville (5-2) needed an extra end to beat Manitoba’s Tracy Fleury 7-5.

The results set up a morning tiebreaker between Wark and Fleury in a battle of 4-3 rinks.

Nova Scotia’s Jill Brothers (2-5) posted an 11-1 rout of Nunavut’s Jenine Bodner (1-6) in the other Draw 13 game.

In the morning Pool B matchups, Saskatchewan’s Robyn Silvernagle and Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones posted key victories to improve to 4-2 and guarantee tiebreaker appearances at a minimum.

Silvernagle beat Yukon’s Nicole Baldwin 6-4 while Jones’s Winnipeg rink topped Kelli Sharpe of Newfoundland and Labrador 8-4.