Borland (Kent, Ohio) and teammates Elizabeth Pauna (Liberty, Ind.), Darryl Younggren (Grafton, N.D.) and Jean Borland (Kent, Ohio) held off Brady Clark's team in the latter ends as the four-time champion scored three in the seventh end to close the gap to 7-5. Ohio scored one in the eighth and held their breath as Washington hung a deuce in the ninth and stole one in the 10th end nearly forcing an extra end.

Team Ohio, which added Younggren at the start of the competition after the team's original second, Mark Lazar, was unable to travel with the team, is now 1-1 in the standings and will play Alaska's Steve Shuttleworth at 12:30 p.m. today.

Wisconsin's Ryan Lemke rink improved to 2-0 with a decisive 7-2 win over Minnesota's Ron Gervais rink. Lemke (Medford, Wis.) and teammates Jackie Lemke (Medford, Wis.), Kory Nernberger (Medford, Wis.) and Sydney Johnson (Portage, Wis.) capitalized with steals in three ends to force Minnesota to chase all game long.

Alaska and Maryland also improved to 2-0 with wins Monday night. Shuttleworth's team scored in the first four ends against North Dakota's Al Gulseth rink to build a 5-0 lead. Gulseth answered with one in the fifth and a steal in the sixth but would be kept off the scoreboard for a 9-2 win for Shuttleworth and his Fairbanks teammates Cathy Shuttleworth, Dennis Thies and Lacy Birklid.

Scott Edie's Maryland team scored a pivotal four points in the fifth end to increase its lead to 7-1 against California's Lyle Sieg team. Edie, last year's runner-up, and teammates Janice Langanke (Middletown, Md.), Dean Gemmell (Short Hills, N.J.) and Jennifer Kungle (Columbia, Md.) allowed Sieg's rink to score the next three points but got a deuce in the eighth to seal the win.

The round robin continues through Thursday afternoon. The top four teams will advance to Friday's semifinals at 2 p.m. The final is schedule at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Game scores: Ohio 9, Washington 8; Wisconsin 7, Minnesota 2; Alaska 9, North Dakota 2; Maryland 9, California 5

Standings:
Alaska 2-0
Maryland 2-0
Wisconsin 2-0
Ohio 1-1
Washington 1-1
California 0-2
Minnesota 0-2
North Dakota 0-2

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For more information: Terry Luder, USA Curling, terry.luder@usacurl.org, 715-344-1199