After losing in their lone game on Monday, the U.S. women’s curling team got back in the win column in a big way on Tuesday. Team USA put up four points in the seventh end for a 10-3 victory over Denmark.
The U.S. outshot Denmark 82-71 percent on all shots, and 84-72 percent on draw attempts.
The 10 points was the most they’ve scored in a single game all tournament. They were coming off of a disappointing 7-2 loss to Italy on Monday, the first win of the tournament for the home team.
“Huge win,” said U.S. skip Tabitha Peterson. “It’s great to bounce back. Especially after last night’s loss, it’s huge. It helps with the confidence. Helps going into the next two games we have ahead of us. I’m really, really proud of us.”
Peterson said she and the rest of the team talked a lot about how they wanted to prepare for Tuesday’s match.
“We knew they scratched the rocks and that they would be different going into today’s game, and just a little bit on tactics. We had a lot of good discussions so we were prepared,” she said.
After each team traded singles in the first and second ends, Team USA went out front again in the third after Peterson took out Denmark’s lone sitting stone to give her team two and a 3-1 lead.
They added another single in the fifth to go into the break up, 4-2.
It was the second half when the Americans broke things open. In the sixth, Peterson floated her final rock into the four-foot to leave her team sitting two with little room for Denmark to answer. Madeleine Dupont attempted a draw for one with the hammer, but overcurled and came up light, allowing the Americans to steal two more and take a commanding lead.
In the eighth, the finished the game off for good. After keeping the house clean of Denmark’s stones, all Peterson needed to do was draw to the button on her hammer to give her team four and its final seven-point lead.
Denmark conceded the final two ends.
With the win, the U.S. improves to 5-2, and gets one step closer to clinching a spot in the tournament semifinals. Peterson’s team sits alone in second in the standings.
“It’s huge,” she said. “Every game is so, so important, and so we are taking it one game at a time. Just keep tracking up on the left side. That’s what the goal is, right?”
The U.S. will next face Great Britain at 3:05 a.m. ET on Wednesday.