Press Coverage

Team World widens lead at Cup
January 14, 2012
Team World widened its lead by picking up 34 points this afternoon in the Skins "A" competitions at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling. USA's Patti Lank and Pete Fenson rinks both participated in the "A" skins but neither side dominated here at the Langley Events Centre. Team World extended its lead over North America 100-68. The first team to 201 points is declared the Cup champion.

In skins competition, teams must score a minimum of two points per end to grab a skin. If they don't, they lose the points and lose the hammer. If the team with the hammer scores just a single point, they lose the hammer and the skin carries over to the next end with the value thus increasing as well. Also, points accumulate throughout the match, which makes the final end even more critical. That was prevalent today for the American teams as both Fenson and Lank had the final stone going into the last end with a chance to earn the six-point skin and split the available 20 points.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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USA picks up two wins as WYOG begins in Austria
January 14, 2012
USA's Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) led the Americans to two victories as action at the inaugural 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games got underway today at the Innsbruck Exhibition Center.

Dropkin and his team of Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.), Thomas Howell (Brick, N.J.) and Taylor Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) defeated Estonia's Robert-Kent Paell rink, 10-1, in the opening action at the venue. In the evening draw, the Americans defeated New Zealand's Luke Steele rink, 10-2.

The first draw of the competition was re-scheduled due to an electrical issue during the night which caused some melting of the ice. Technicians have fixed the problem and that first session will take place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. instead.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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American men win singles match
January 14, 2012
Singles competition took center stage this afternoon at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling at the Langley Events Centre. USA's Pete Fenson rink concluded its time at the Cup with a win over Sweden's Niklas Edin. Patti Lank's team, in contrast, suffered a loss to Sweden's Anette Norberg. Team World won four of six matches against North America in this round to extend its lead to 124-76.

In singles competition, six individual shots - the run through, draw the button, draw the port, the raise, hit and roll and the double takeout - were on display as Team North America and Team World faced off against one another. Each overall win was worth four points per game.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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2012 Continental Cup still up for grabs
January 14, 2012
The 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup champion will take one more day to be crowned but Team World is knocking on the door after storming back tonight in the "B" skins events at the Langley Events Centre. With 110 points still on the table in the skins finales tomorrow, Team North America will have its work cut out for them.

As the eighth ends across all three sheets tonight started, 52 points were up for grabs setting up a dramatic finish. Helping out North America's cause was the mother-daughter duo of USA's Patti Lank and Mackenzie Lank (both of Lewiston, N.Y.). The Lanks were teamed up with Canadian national champions and reigning world champions Jeff Stoughton and Jon Mead in mixed skins action.

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Curling demos planned at Super Bowl in Indy
January 13, 2012
USA Curling is set to take part in the festivities around one of the world's biggest sporting events - the Super Bowl. A unique outdoor curling rink will be set up in the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis from Jan. 27-Feb. 5 for fans to try their hand at one of the fastest growing winter Olympic sports.

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Interested in volunteering in Indy? Read how here: http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks//images/sb.pdf

USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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American women pick up big win over world champs
January 13, 2012
Curling on Friday the 13th and scoring in only odd digits seems like a recipe superstitious believers would concoct. Although that wasn't the game plan necessarily drawn up this morning for Team Lank at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling, it resulted in a big win over the defending world champions from Sweden.

Playing the second round of women's team competition at the Langley Events Centre, Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) and her team of Nina Spatola (McFarland, Wis.), Caitlin Maroldo (Rochester, N.Y.) and Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) posted an 8-5 win for Team North America over Anette Norberg's Team World squad. The win earns six points towards North America's point total. Both sides earned nine points this round as Team World's Bingyu Wang defeated North America's Amber Holland, 6-4. Eve Muirhead and Stefanie Lawton tied 3-3 to split the points. Team World maintains its six-point lead at 39-33. The first side to 201 is the winner.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Team World sweeps mixed doubles action
January 13, 2012
It was total Team World domination this afternoon in mixed doubles action at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling at the Langley Events Centre.

Team World swept up all available 18 points as USA's Patti Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) and Joe Polo (Duluth, Minn.) took part in lopsided afternoon of curling action. Lank teamed up with Canada's Craig Savill in a 5-4 loss to team World's duo of Bingyu Wang (China) and Torger Nergaard (Norway).

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Saturday & Sunday pairings at Cup
January 13, 2012
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