By Jonathan Brazeau
STATELINE, Nev. — Canada's Team Rachel Homan and Scotland's Team Bruce Mouat came out on top at the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe.
Canada's Team Rachel Homan topped Switzerland's Team Silvana Tirinzoni 7-4 and Scotland's Team Bruce Mouat edged Canada's Team Matt Dunstone 7-6 after winning the shootout by 0.3 centimetres.
Here's how it all went down.
WOMEN'S FINAL LIVE BLOG
FIRST END (4:35 p.m. PT): Team Tirinzoni won the last stone draw shot to start with the hammer, but fourth Alina Pätz faced five counters on her last and had to draw to the button. Pätz overcooked it just a bit to give up a steal of one. HOMAN 1, TIRINZONI 0
SECOND END (4:49 p.m. PT): Pätz power! Pätz made it through the port to hit and stick around for a deuce. TIRINZONI 2, HOMAN 1
THIRD END (5:05 p.m. PT): After Pätz drew around for the shot rock, Homan didn't chase it and drew to the button for a single. TIRINZONI 2, HOMAN 2
FOURTH END (5:21 p.m. PT): Pätz drew for a single to reclaim the lead. TIRINZONI 3, HOMAN 2
FIFTH END (5:42 p.m. PT): Homan was forced to hit for a single to knot it up again. TIRINZONI 3, HOMAN 3
SIXTH END (5:58 p.m. PT): The force is strong in this one. Facing three Homan stones, Pätz drew with backing for a single. TIRINZONI 4, HOMAN 3
SEVENTH END (6:16 p.m. PT): Homan jumped ahead thanks to a great redirect on her first skip stone to roll in and remove Team Tirinzoni's shot rock and sit two. That set the table for a deuce as she made an open hit on her last. HOMAN 5, TIRINZONI 4
EIGHTH END (6:30 p.m. PT): Team Homan capitalized on a few Team Tirinzoni misses to sit four stones in the house. That forced Pätz to draw for just a single and force a shootout, but she couldn't get shot rock. HOMAN 7, TIRINZONI 4
MEN'S FINAL LIVE BLOG
FIRST END (12:08 p.m. PT): Mouat won the last stone draw shot challenge to secure the hammer to start. That proved pivotal as Mouat converted for a deuce. Both skips made a mockery of a tiny port, with Mouat making it through a second time to hit and stick for two. MOUAT 2, DUNSTONE 0
SECOND END (12:25 p.m. PT): Mouat couldn't clear the double, allowing Dunstone to hit the exposed shot rock, with some great brushing from E.J. and Ryan Harnden, plus Colton Lott behind the tee line, to tie it up. MOUAT 2, DUNSTONE 2
THIRD END (12:41 p.m. PT): A rare misfire from Mouat, as he tapped Dunstone's rock back, but it caught Mouat's other stone at the back of the house to hang on for the second shot. MOUAT 3, DUNSTONE 2
FOURTH END (12:58 p.m. PT): Facing two Mouat rocks, Dunstone was forced to draw into the four-foot circle for a tying single point. MOUAT 3, DUNSTONE 3
FIFTH END (1:13 p.m. PT): An even rarer whiff from Mouat. Looking to peel and blank, Mouat's shooter just kissed Dunstone's rock at the back of the house to give up a steal and the lead. DUNSTONE 4, MOUAT 3
SIXTH END (1:35 p.m. PT): Mouat hit off and in to remove Dunstone's shot rock, but couldn't move the second one far enough to score more than a single. DUNSTONE 4, MOUAT 4
SEVENTH END (1:50 p.m. PT): Dunstone dislodged Mouat's shot rock to score two points and retake the lead. DUNSTONE 6, MOUAT 4
EIGHTH END (1:53 p.m. PT): Dunstone's miss on his last opened the door for Mouat to score two and force a shootout. DUNSTONE 6, MOUAT 6
SHOOTOUT (2:12 p.m. PT): A game of millimetres! Dunstone drew to the button, 9.8 cm away from the pinhole, but Mouat was slightly closer at 9.5 cm to win. MOUAT 7, DUNSTONE 6
