Curling news: Homan, Einarson advance to Grand Slam of Curling quarterfinals [Video]

CHARLOTTETOWN –

Canada’s Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson advanced to the women’s quarterfinals at the HearingLife Tour Challenge with wins on Friday.

Homan, the reigning world and Canadian champion, scored three points in the eighth and final end to beat Switzerland’s Xenia Schwaller 6-4.

It was the third win for Homan’s Ottawa-based team at the triple-elimination Grand Slam of Curling event, giving her a spot in the weekend playoffs.

Einarson, a four-time Canadian champion from Gimli, Man., defeated Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes 5-4.

Einarson’s team reeled off three straight wins after losing its opening match.

Schwaller and Lawes both fell to 2-2 and dropped into the event’s “C” bracket.

Schwaller was set to face South Korea’s Eun-Jung Kim and Lawes was scheduled to face Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni later Friday, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers going home.

Kim stayed alive with a 6-3 win over Anna Hasselborg that eliminated …