Christina Black's curling team from Nova Scotia has advanced to the semifinal at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., with an 8-7 win over Alberta's Kayla Skrlik.

Kerri Einarson and Team Manitoba have earned another shot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts title — and they’ll just have to take down the world No. 1 to win it all.

Rachel Homan was perfect. On a night when two of the biggest stars in curling were both vying for their fifth national championship, it was the skip from Ottawa who proved unstoppable, firing at a

Kerri Einarson, the four-time Scotties Tournament of Champions, will get a shot at title No. 5, after beating Nova Scotia’s Christina Black 9-8 in Sunday’s semifinal, setting up battle of the titans in the finale against defending champion Rachel Homan.

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The superstar skip from Ontario, representing Team Canada, secured a spot in Sunday’s final at the national curling championship after a sensational effort on Saturday evening as she downed Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson 8-4 in nine ends in the 1-2 page playoff.

Kerri Einarson won her opening playoff game to setup a matchup against Rachel Homan for a place in Sunday's Scotties final.

While defending champion Rachel Homan, Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik and B.C.’s Corryn Brown secured spots early in Pool A, the three playoff teams from Pool B remained in flux heading into the final draw