Women’s Curling Semifinals: USA to play for bronze after losing to Switzerland; Swiss to face Sweden in gold medal game

Patz had 13 takeouts in the game. Her teammates Carole Howard and skip Silvana Tirinzoni had 17 and 16. The Swiss squad had 48 takeouts to simply 25 for Team USA. They shot 90 p.c on takeout makes an attempt, and 85 p.c on all photographs in the win.

Team USA shot 82 p.c on the day, together with 71 p.c on takeouts and 86 p.c on attracts.

The US was enjoying in the ladies’s curling semifinals for the primary time since 2002. They’ve by no means gained an Olympic curling medal.

“You kind of have to look at it as a whole, not just this one game,” Peterson stated. “We still have a big game tomorrow, so there’s lots to learn from every game. So we’ll have a good debrief and rest, maybe go visit our families a little bit and then regroup and follow our routine for tomorrow.”

Switzerland appeared to be in management the entire evening, even when they weren’t in a position to construct an enormous lead to present for it.

Peterson’s group drew for one in the primary, which might grow to be a theme all through the evening. They by no means scored greater than a single level in any finish.

Switzerland scored two in the second and two extra in the fourth, and compelled one other US single in the fifth. They went into the half up, 4-3.

The Swiss blanked the sixth finish, which appeared prefer it could possibly be good for Team USA. But Tirinzoni’s group blanked once more in the seventh after the skip noticed two US stones sitting in the again of the four-foot and took them each out with one throw halfway by way of. Switzerland saved the home clear for the remaining stones, and took the hammer once more into the eighth.

They used that hammer to add one other single in the eighth and go up for two.

Desperate for factors late in the ninth, the US sat shot-rock inside and will have opted to simply draw the button for two to even the rating. Peterson, as a substitute, wished to strive to take the lead.

With a rock sitting simply inches away from the aspect wall, Peterson tried to use that stone to roll again his throw, hoping it could go inside and get rid of Switzerland’s solely rock in the four-foot. If performed proper, it could have been given the US three.

Instead, the throw was simply too skinny, and did not even make it again to the home. Team USA was compelled once more to take only one, which is why they went into the tenth trailing, 5-4.

“We’re proud of how we battled back in a second half of that game. We definitely got outplayed in the first half, so we kind of had to itch and scratch to find any type of points,” Peterson stated. “So, we’re proud with how we played in the second half and make them throw their last shot.”

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