Flawless Koreans turn away USA

On the heels of a big win this morning over Scotland's Eve Muirhead, Korea kept its game in cruise control with a near flawless nine ends to defeat Team USA, 8-3, this afternoon at the 2012 Ford World Women's Championship.

Team USA's Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Nicole Joraanstad (Verona, Wis.), Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Tabitha Peterson (Eagan, Minn.) now fall to 0-4 with today's loss at the Enmax Centre to Korea's Ji-Sun Kim rink. Both Kim and vice skip Seul-Bee Lee finished the game with perfect 100 percent scoring stats.

A diligent practice schedule is paying dividends for Team Korea, which improved to 4-1 in the round robin standings in the team's second world championship appearance. "Every day we practiced for five hours over the past year, and my shots have improved," Kim said. "Our ice reading and shot-making has been good so far."

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