Curling: Homan/Bottcher to face Tran/Kleiter in Page 3v4 game [Video]

LIVERPOOL, N.S. –

Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher were set to face Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter in the Page 3 versus 4 playoff game at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after the two teams picked up wins in Friday’s early draw.

Homan and Bottcher advanced with a 9-6 win over the father-daughter team of Jim and Jaelyn Cotter.

Bottcher and Homan had four-point ends in the second and fourth to cruise to a comfortable win.

Tran and Kleiter needed an extra end to defeat Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing 8-6.

The 3v4 game was scheduled for later Friday.

The two teams finished tied atop Pool A on the round-robin with 6-1 records, but Tran and Kleiter earned the top seed by winning the head-to-head matchup with Homan and Bottcher during the preliminary round.

But Tran and Kleiter had their plans of competing in the Page 1 versus 2 playoff game scrapped when they were upset 10-5 by Lisa Weagle …