Kerri Einarson inches closer to playoff berth at Canadian curling trials

Kerri Einarson remained undefeated at the Canadian curling trials with a 9-7 win over Selena Sturmay on Tuesday morning in Halifax.

Einarson's squad from Gimli, Man., improved to 5-0 after scoring four in the ninth end to take a 9-5 lead.

Edmonton's Sturmay fell to 2-3.

Ottawa's Rachel Homan kept the heat on Einarson with a 4-1 record after a 10-3 win over Corryn Brown of Kamloops, B.C. Brown fell to 1-4.

Those results put the top two women's teams in Canada on a collision course, with Homan and Einarson set to meet in the final women's round-robin draw on Wednesday afternoon.

The team that finishes atop the round-robin standings gets direct entry into the best-of-three final, while the second and third seeds face off in a semifinal.

Olympic spots are on the line at the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax

In other results, Christina Black of Halifax stole one in each of the final two ends to edge Calgary's Kayla Skrlik 6-5 and Winnipeg's Kaitlyn Lawes defeated Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man., 5-3.

Black and Lawes improved to 3-2 and remained in the hunt for a playoff spot.

Skrlik joined Sturmay at 2-3, Brown fell to 1-4 and Cameron dropped to 0-5.

The second-last women's draw was scheduled for Tuesday night, after a men's afternoon draw.

The winner of the men's and women's trials will represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.