 Delaney Strouse of Traverse City, Michigan won 6-5 over Stefania Constantini of Italy in Euro Super Series Final. A powerful late comeback earned the USA's Team Strouse an impressive victory at the Euro Super Series as they scored four shots at the last two ends to beat an Italian quartet skipped by Olympic mixed doubles champion Stefania Constantini in the final at Stirling's National Curling Academy. Heading into the decider with a 100 per cent record throughout the week's play, Team Constantini looked to be in control after registering a three at the second end and maintaining that advantage over the next four. However, a three for the Americans at the seventh end levelled things up and they then stole at the last to wrap up a 6-5 win which fully justified their decision to head across the Atlantic so early in the season. "It feels amazing," said skip Delaney Strouse, whose women had ended home interest in the event when they beat Team Munro 6-3 in the semi-final. "It made it pretty easy to explain when people back home asked 'why Scotland' and I was able to say the game started here, so we made a pretty big trip coming over here and it was definitely worth it. "It was amazing to have our first tournament of the season on this incredible ice in this incredible area of Stirling and we would definitely come back. "It is important for us to get some ranking points early, too. "We want to head to the Slams in the next two years and are targeting the tier two events this year, so this was a great opportunity to help with that." As they target another trip to Europe in three years time, for the Winter Olympic Games at Milan Cortina, the final was a perfect opportunity for Strouse and teammates Anne O'Hara, Sydney Mullaney and Rebecca Rodgers to measure their progress. "We were very excited to play Constantini and her squad who are now one of the best teams in the world and we are looking to head in that direction," said Strouse. "I think we are headed the right way. "We are a younger team Anna is only 20 and our oldest is 23 so I think that we have a lot of goals for the future and we want to be hitting it really hard." |
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A five at the opening end of their first-ever match together in a major international competition sent Katie McMillan and Angus Bryce on their way to a dominant victory over the USA at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva.
