US Open - Day 2

USA 1 scored 8 points in victories over Ottawa (8-3) and Quebec (8-5) to go top of the table on the second day of the US Open in Utica, NY. Players on the current USA national team have been divided between two teams at this event, with 'Goose' Perez and Jaqui Kapinowski in USA 1, and Jim Pierce and Jimmy Joseph in USA 2.

USA 2 beat Ken Gregory's Bradford team 9-2, and tied 5-5 with Chris Rees' Toronto.

Quebec's Ben Lesard, with a win and a loss before their third gae of the day, fell behind Bruce Cameron 5-4 at the break after leading 4-1, but regrouped with a steal of 3 that held off Cameroon's Ottawa team's late rally for an 8-7 victory.

Bradford's game against Toronto showed how unpredictable wheelchair curling can be. Bradford began with three singles, then gave up a 6 to fall behind 3-6 at the break, only to tie the game 8-8 with a 4 in the final end.

Newcomers Cape Cod with David Palmer at skip, had never been asked to play three games in a day against experienced opposition, and gave up some very big ends. They could take some comfort from their third game where they kept the 5s and 6s off the scoreboard and held Bradford to 8 points over seven ends.

There will be a live webcast of Team USA 1's final games Sunday at 8.30am and 12.45pm local time.

Results Draw 3

USA #2:  3 1 1 0 3 1 X X - 9
Bradford: 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X - 2

Quebec:    1 5 0 3 5 1 X X - 15
Cape Cod: 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X -   1

USA #1: 2 2 2 0 0 2 X X - 8
Ottawa: 0 0 0 1 2 0 X X - 3

Draw 4

Ottawa:    6 2 0 3 0 5 X X - 16
Cape Cod: 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X -  2

Toronto:  0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 - 8
Bradford: 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 - 8

USA #1:  2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 - 8
Quebec:  0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 - 5

Draw 5

USA #2:  1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 5
Toronto:  0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 - 5

Bradford:   0 1 3 2 0 1 1 X - 8
Cape Cod: 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X - 3

Quebec: 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0  - 8
Ottawa: 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1  - 7

Current Standings:

USA #1:    3-0-1
Quebec:    3-1-0
Bradford:   2-1-2
Ottawa:    2-3-0
Toronto:    1-1-2
USA #2:    1-2-1
Cape Cod: 0-4-0