U.S. Women’s Curling Team Finishes Olympics on Low Note

The U.S. Olympic women’s curling team was forced to concede to Switzerland, down 10—3 in the seventh end.

Allison Pottinger (C) watcher the stone while teammates Nicole Joraanstad (L) and Natalie Nicholson (R) sweep during their Vancouver Winter Olympic women's curling match against Switzerland. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images

Allison Pottinger, Debbie McCormick, Nicole Joraanstad, and Natalie Nicholson came to Vancouver with high hopes, confident their hard work would yield good results.

Instead, the Olympics brought them disappointment, as despite their best efforts the U.S. women’s curling team won only two games out of nine, and were forced to concede four times.