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Einarson to play for Canadian women's curling title against defending champion Homan

Christina Black's curling team reached a new level this season after pushing Kerri Einarson's veteran team to the brink in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts semifinal Sunday afternoon.

Manitoba's Einarson, who skipped teams to Canadian titles four straight years from 2020 to 2023, eked out a 9-8 win to advance to the final Sunday night against defending champion Rachel Homan.

Einarson's last stone in the 10th end spun wide on a hit and roll to the button, but it pushed Black's counter just far enough for another Manitoba stone at the top edge of the four-foot rings to outcount Nova Scotia's for the win.

While a measurement was called for, Manitoba's stone was visibly shot rock.

"We didn't quit the whole game," Black said. "We had a slow start, and we grinded it out.

"When she let it go ... I thought, 'OK we've got a chance. This has to curl,' and if it had a curled a little more, we win, because she would have still rolled out, and ours would have rolled in a little farther, but that's the way it is.

Einarson's steal of one in the second end, when Black missed a difficult double raise to score three, proved to be pivotal in the game.

Black reached the Hearts semifinal for the first time as a skip. Sunday's semifinal was also new territory for vice Jill Brothers, second Marlee Powers and lead Karlee Everest.

Black employed a five-player rotation at the Fort William Gardens and in other events this season, with Powers and Jennifer Baxter alternating games.

The Halifax Curling Club foursome was without Baxter on Sunday. The team wrote in a social media post that Baxter's father Blair died Saturday.

Baxter had left Saturday's playoff game against Alberta's Kayla Skrlik after the second end.

"Just tried to stay mindful and

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