Womens Curling Results: U.S. Misses Chance, GB Women Win but Still Exit
Womens Curling Results were defined by heartbreak and fine margins as the U. S. women missed a first opportunity to clinch a semifinal berth after an 8-7 loss to Great Britain, while Great Britain’s women recorded a 7-4 victory over Italy but still suffered agonising elimination after another match went to an extra end.
Womens Curling Results — drama in the 10th and a separate extra-end shock
The headline moment came when Great Britain executed a steal of two in the 10th to turn an 8-7 scoreline against the United States. With the U. S. sitting a rock on the button and holding the hammer, Great Britain’s Rebecca Morrison delivered a decisive final stone that struck a U. S. corner guard, spun off and replaced the shot stone to take two. The result denied the United States an immediate semifinal clinch and left the Americans reeling from a late tactical unravel.
U. S. skip Tabitha Peterson acknowledged the narrow margins: she described the setup as "maybe a tactical error, and then a miss, " and conceded that the final hammer attempt ran into a guard. Despite outshooting Great Britain across the match and posting stronger percentages on takeouts and draws, the U. S. could not convert when it mattered most and finished the contest on the wrong side of a one-point result.
In another key development from the women’s competition, Great Britain posted a 7-4 win over Italy. Yet that victory did not translate into progression: a separate match went to an extra end where the United States beat Switzerland 7-6, a result that left the GB women out of contention despite their win over Italy.
U. S. now faces must-win vs Switzerland at 8: 05 a. m. ET
The American defeat left the U. S. with a 4-3 record in the round robin and with everything to play for in their final round-robin match. The team will meet Switzerland in the closing game of the group stage at 8: 05 a. m. ET; a victory would clinch a semifinal place for the United States. If they lose, their fate would depend on other results and potential tie-break scenarios.
Peterson insisted the team would debrief and move on, noting there were positives to build from despite the sting of the loss. The path to the semifinals remains in the Americans' hands: win the morning match and they secure their place; anything less and they will need help from other results to advance.
These Womens Curling Results underline how tightly contested the field has been, with single shots and end-by-end strategy determining advancement. The sequence of a late steal to decide one key game, a separate extra-end thriller elsewhere, and a must-win final match for the U. S. has left the knockout picture in flux heading into the final round-robin day.
