CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2018 Boost National

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Emma
Miskew

Second
Joanne
Courtney

Lead
Lisa
Weagle

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.04
PA/G:	4.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won 4-1 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Boost National, held December 11 - 16, 2018 in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 6-2 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won 6-4 over Jacqueline Harrison (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Homan finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) 5-3, then won 6-3 against Harrison. Homan went on to lose 8-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Homan responded with a 6-5 win over Einarson in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Boost National Championship title, Homan earned 88.074 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Homan move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 50.845 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with 572.136 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Homan ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 423.218 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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