Switzerland 8, Canada 7 (11 ends) (Session 2)
It was a tale of two halves for Canada and Switzerland on Saturday evening.
Rachel Homan was called for a hog-line violation in the first end, and responded by throwing an otherwise perfect first half for Canada, helping her team score one in the first, steal one in the second, and steal two more in the third.
Canada went into the half up, 4-2, and added another single point in the sixth.
The Swiss squad turned the game around in the seventh, though. Homan’s final throw missed a takeout and overran the house, leaving Switzerland a shot at multiple points with the hammer. Alina Patz stepped up and threw her stone perfectly to push out one Canadian stone and tap another, leaving her team with four points and a 6-5 lead.
The two teams traded single points in the eighth and ninth, and Canada added another critical single in the 10th to force an extra end.
Patz, who shot just 58 percent on draws in the match, made her shot when she needed to. She came up with a double-takeout on the penultimate throw, and drilled the button on her hammer throw for one point and the win in the 11th.
Patz finished with 13 takeouts. Switzerland shot 80 percent as a team.
The loss was the third straight for Canada (1-3), who came in as the two-time defending world champions. Homan’s team will get Sunday off to regroup and will be back on Monday at 3:05 a.m. ET to take on China.
The Swiss squad improves to 3-1, and will also get Sunday off. They’ll take on Sweden at 3:05 a.m. ET on Monday.
Canada (7)
Sweden (8)
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1st end
0
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2nd end
0
2
3rd end
0
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4th end
1
0
5th end
1
1
6th end
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7th end
4
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8th end
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9th end
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10th end
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11th end
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