Kerri Einarson inches closer to playoff berth at Canadian curling trials

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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.

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.