Team USA defeats Canada to win second straight at Women's World Championship

The monkey is off Team USA’s back. It had been seven years since the American women defeated Canada at a world championship. That came to a halt as Team USA made a takeout to defeat its neighbors to the north, 5-4, tonight at the 2013 Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women’s Curling Championship.

The last time the American women beat Canada at the World Championships was in 2006 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, which also was the last time the American women medalled at a world championship.

Tonight’s game was high on tension as an extra end was needed for Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario) and teammates Debbie McCormick (Rio, Wis.), Jessica Schultz (Richfield, Minn.) and Ann Swisshelm (Chicago) to defeat Rachel Homan’s rink at the Volvo Sports Center.

“We played a lot sharper. We gave ourselves a good talking to after yesterday with the two losses,” said Brown, who is playing in her eighth world women’s championship. “We knew we had to get it going and get back in the win column. Everyone was just fired up and ready to go today.”

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