Einarson, Muirhead on the rise at Players’ Championship
TORONTO — Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson improved to a 2-1 record at the Players’ Championship with a 6-4 victory over Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., during Draw 6 action Thursday morning.
The Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner Einarson held the hammer coming home tied and tacked two points on the board in the final frame.
Fleury fell to a 1-2 record in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling major tournament.
Defending champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland also climbed to 2-1 edging Edmonton’s Val Sweeting 4-3 with an open hit and stick for one in the final end. Sweeting fell to 0-2.
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan (3-0) continues to cruise with a 7-3 victory over American Erika Brown (0-2).
In men’s division action, American John Shuster (1-2) got into the win column defeating Toronto’s own John Epping 6-4. Epping dropped to a 0-3 record.
Scotland’s David Murdoch topped Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock 8-6. Both teams have 2-1 records.
NOTES: The Players’ Championship is the fourth major and sixth event of the 2015-16 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season and runs through to Sunday at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre. … Television coverage begins at noon ET on Sportsnet. … The Rogers Grand Slam Cup will also be awarded to the overall season champions following the conclusion of the Players’ Championship. Team Homan mathematically clinched the women’s title with the men’s champion to be determined. … Winners of the Players’ Championship earn berths to the season-ending Humpty’s Champions Cup running April 26 to May 1 in Sherwood Park, Alta.
