USA still in search of win at 2012 Women's World Championship

Despite its shaky start to the 2012 Ford World Women's Championship, Team USA remains optimistic that a string of wins is in their near future. Allison Pottinger and Team USA suffered its third straight loss as China out-dueled them, 8-4, tonight at the Enmax Centre.

The veteran rink of Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Nicole Joraanstad (Verona, Wis.), Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Tabitha Peterson (Eagan, Minn.) understand that it is a long week of games but realize that they must start putting together some wins if they hope to be part of the four-team playoff field come Friday.

"We're just so close to putting it all together," said Joraanstad, 31, who is making her seventh world championship appearance. "I know tomorrow we're going to go out and play strong again. I really feel like it's going to start coming into place. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. There are 11 round robin games. Even three losses isn't going to deter us from going out there, playing hard and getting those W's and seeing where things shake out at the end of the week."

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