Calgary’s Chelsea Carey draws North America even at Continental Cup of Curling
LAS VEGAS — Calgary’s Chelsea Carey has Team North America deadlocked with Team World after the first day of competition at the Continental Cup.
Carey, with vice-skip Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters earned Team North America a much-needed point with an 8-6 win over Team World’s Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan in Thursday evening’s traditional team-game draw.
That capped the first day of action, and left Team North America and Team World in a tie, each team with 4.5 points. The first team to crack the 30.5-point barrier will claim the Continental Cup.
Carey had only watched the tournament — curling’s version of the Ryder Cup — on television before this year and felt some emotion prior to throwing her first rock.