20-03-2015, 22:58
Switzerland guaranteed themselves top slot after their 8-6 victory over Scotland in the opening session of yesterday's play, while Canada joined them in the 1v2 Play-off game by beating Germany 7-5 after an extra end. Meanwhile, Scotland were straight back on the ice to play Sweden to see if they could get into the last four at the expense of either Russia or China, who defeated Finland by 6 shots to 5.
As it turned out, the Scots controlled the second half of the game, running out 10-7 winners to leave them in the tie-breaker against the loser of China v Russia in the last session. Russia had beaten Finland 8-2 in the same session. Russia dominated their final game, beating China 11-5 and finishing in 3rd place in the round robin games.
In the tie-breaker game this morning, Scotland easily disposed of China by 9-4 to qualify for the 3v4 Play-off game against Russia, but then suffered a reverse of that game as Russia swept them aside by 7-2. Scotland still have a medal to play for in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday morning.
The remaining games tomorrow are Switzerland v Canada in the 1 v 2 game, where the winners go straight into Sunday's Gold Medal game. The losers will play Russia in the sole Semi-final and the winners of that will play in the Gold Medal game. The losers will play Scotland for the Bronze Medal.
Just for the stats lovers, in the game against Finland, Sweden's Sara McManus scored 100%, a rare feat in any competition.
As it turned out, the Scots controlled the second half of the game, running out 10-7 winners to leave them in the tie-breaker against the loser of China v Russia in the last session. Russia had beaten Finland 8-2 in the same session. Russia dominated their final game, beating China 11-5 and finishing in 3rd place in the round robin games.
In the tie-breaker game this morning, Scotland easily disposed of China by 9-4 to qualify for the 3v4 Play-off game against Russia, but then suffered a reverse of that game as Russia swept them aside by 7-2. Scotland still have a medal to play for in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday morning.
The remaining games tomorrow are Switzerland v Canada in the 1 v 2 game, where the winners go straight into Sunday's Gold Medal game. The losers will play Russia in the sole Semi-final and the winners of that will play in the Gold Medal game. The losers will play Scotland for the Bronze Medal.
Just for the stats lovers, in the game against Finland, Sweden's Sara McManus scored 100%, a rare feat in any competition.
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