Homan Runner-Up at 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Emma
Miskew

Second
Joanne
Courtney

Lead
Lisa
Weagle

Games:	14
Record:	10W - 4L
PF/G:	7.48
PA/G:	5.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) lost 8-6 to Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 9-7 over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in the semifinals

Homan finished 8-3 in the 16 team Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualifying round, held February 16 - 24, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Homan defeated Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) 6-4, then won 12-4 against Jenine Bodner (Iqaluit, NU) and 6-3 against Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS). Homan won 12-2 against Gabrielle Lavoie (Quebec, QC). Homan went on to lose 6-5 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). Homan lost 6-3 to Carey where Homan responded with a 8-6 win over Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC). Homan won 9-2 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB), then won 9-6 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN) and 7-6 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI). Homan went on to lose 6-3 against Silvernagle in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Homan take home 55.490 world rankings points along with the $15CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.192 after improving upon their best so far this season. Homan ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 528.902 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	10	4	0	0.714	6-0	4-3	1-1	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	135	101	70	7.48	5.19	2.30	4.22	3.93	1.77	1.32	1.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	72	78	15	17	4-0	6-0	12-2	1.08	0.21	0.40	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	63	23	55	8	1-0	1-4	3-7	0.37	0.87	0.73	0.24

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