Curling: Homan, Bottcher remain undefeated at Canadian mixed doublestrials [Video]

LIVERPOOL, N.S. –

Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher took sole possession of top spot in Pool A with an 11-4 win over Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres on Tuesday at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials.

Homan and Bottcher started strong with four points in the first and third ends to improve to 4-0 and hand Walker and Muyres their first loss of the event.

Walker and Muyres fell into a tie for second at 3-1 with Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter.

After falling 9-5 to Walker and Muyres in Tuesday’s morning draw, Tran and Kleiter responded with a 6-3 win over Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo (1-3) in Draw 7.

Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing were in a tie for fourth at 2-2 with Paige Papley and Evan Van Amsterdam.

Papley earned their second win of the day with an 8-6 victory over Robert Desjardins and Anne-Sophie Gionest (0-4) while Jones and …