Canada splits opening day at LGT World Women’s Curling Championship after loss to Scotland

UIJEONGBU, SOUTH KOREA — Canada’s Team Rachel Homan battled back from a deficit but could not put the final touches on capturing a second win on opening day at the 2025 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship.

Scotland’s Team Sophie Jackson (1-0) captured an 8-7 win over Canada on Saturday night at Uijeongbu Arena. The loss levelled Canada in the round-robin standings with one win and one loss.

Momentum swayed back and forth throughout the game, but Scotland had the final opportunity to capitalize on a perilous mistake from skip Homan, vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew, lead Sarah Wilkes, alternate Rachelle Brown and national coaches Viktor Kjell and Renée Sonnenberg.

Leading by two in the 10th end, Canada tried to remove a Scottish rock but jammed it on a Canadian counter in the back house. The error led to Scottish fourth Rebecca Morrison making a nose hit for three and earning the win.

“It just curled more than we thought. The ice was pretty tricky tonight, and it got the better of us, for sure. But we were a bit inconsistent with the lines and we have to figure them out,” Homan said.

Scotland used the power of three to its advantage twice in the game, as it also scored three in the third end to take an early lead.

However, Canada battled through the first three and set up opportunities to reduce Scotland’s lead. What looked like a Scottish single in the fifth end morphed into a Canadian steal when Scotland rolled away from the centre on its last shot. That error left the teams all square heading into the fifth end break and swung momentum back in Canada’s favour.

After keeping its opponents to a single in the sixth, Canada made a draw for two in the seventh to take the lead for the first time since the second end. Homan showcased her confidence in her draw weight in the eighth by finding the side eight-foot behind cover. That shot forced Scotland into a single point and kept Canada in control late in the game.

Canada had hammer in the ninth but found itself in some trouble with some rocks up front and Scotland sitting three by third rocks. It eliminated any chance of a blank and changed Canada’s gameplan into attempting to orchestrate a score of two or more. It worked. Homan managed a skip’s deuce, set up with a pair of wonderful shots from Fleury.

It was to no avail, though, with Scotland scoring the winning points in the 10th end.

“We made a lot of shots, but not enough for one of our worst performances. We can’t give up a three in 10,” Homan said.

In other Draw 2 games, Sweden’s Team Anna Hasselborg (2-0) remained undefeated, earning an 8-1 win against winless Team Dilsat Yildiz of Turkey (0-2); Switzerland’s Team Silvana Tirinzoni (1-0) stole a point in the 10th end to defeat Team Tabitha Peterson of the United States (0-1); and Denmark’s Team Madeleine Dupont (1-0) stole a 8-7 extra-end win from Italy’s Team Stefania Constantini (0-1).

Canada plays one game on Sunday against Sweden’s Team Hasselborg at 1 a.m. ET.

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