Source: Al Cameron, curling.ca, March 20, 2016
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — They’re rapidly turning into the Cardiac Kids of the 2016 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship, presented by Meridian Manufacturing.
Team Canada moved into a first-place tie early in round-robin play Sunday morning at the Credit Union iplex with a dramatic 7-4 win over 2014 world champ Bina Feltscher of Switzerland.
On Saturday, Chelsea Carey’s team from Calgary — vice-skip Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman, lead Laine Peters, alternate Susan O’Connor, team coach Charley Thomas and national coach Elaine Dagg-Jackson — rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to beat Denmark’s Lene Nielsen in an extra end.
They were at it again on Sunday morning, digging themselves into a hole and then scrapping their way out.
The win left Canada at 2-0, tied with Russia’s Anna Sidorova and Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa, who both had byes on Sunday morning.
Canada was mostly in control of the game through six ends, in a 2-2 tie and holding the hammer. But Carey’s final rock in the seventh end was well short of the target, leaving the Swiss with a go-ahead steal of two.
But after being forced to a single in the eighth end, Canada ratcheted up the heat in the ninth end, grouping three stones around the button and leaving Feltscher with nothing other than a tricky hit-and-roll attempt to land into the pocket. But Feltscher was well wide of the target, and the three Canadian counters were left untouched for a go-ahead steal to take a 6-4 lead into the 10th.