Rachel Homan won the Grand Slam of Curling Masters championship in 2012 and 2013 before being knocked off in last year’s semifinals by Val Sweeting.MATHIEU BELANGER/Reuters
Rachel Homan has taken back the Masters title.
Homan and her rink from Ottawa downed defending champion Val Sweeting 6-4 in the women's finals Sunday for her third Grand Slam of Curling Masters championship in the past four years.
Homan won the event in 2012 and 2013 before being knocked off in last year's semifinals by Sweeting, who went on to win the tournament with her Edmonton foursome.
Homan put herself up 2-0 with a deuce in the second end.
Sweeting responded with singles in the third and fourth to tie, but Homan scored the next four points to secure a 6-2 lead through seven ends.
Earlier in the day, Mike McEwen won the men's title with a 5-3 victory over Jim Cotter.
McEwen's Winnipeg rink took control of the match with two points in the sixth end.
After Cotter and his Vernon, B.C., team scored one in the seventh to cut the lead to 4-3, McEwen clinched the win with one in the eighth.