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U SPORTS – ALMATY, Kazakhstan (U SPORTS) – Kelsey Rocque and her University of Alberta team – vice-skip Danielle Schmiemann, second Taylor McDonald, lead Taylore Theroux and coach Garry Coderre – are coming home with a gold medal after cruising to an 8-3 win over Russia’s Victoria Moiseeva in the women’s curling final of the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning.
 
 
“We knew coming in that every game was going to be really tough,” said Rocque after the post-game celebration. “To play this consistently all week and to come away with a gold medal for Canada, I can’t put it into words. It’s unbelievable. I’m just so lucky to be standing next to these girls and Garry.
 
“I think we kept our last couple of games best for last, not just the gold medal game,” she added. “We played really well the last five or six games. We’re really proud of our performance.”
 
Rocque controlled the championship final from the start, kicking off with a blank in the first end, scoring a deuce in the second, then stealing two more points in the third after Moiseeva’s final draw against two came up short.
 
With a 5-1 lead at the break, Canada continued to force the play, hitting their way out of trouble whenever the Russians were able to get some offence started. By the ninth end, leading 6-3 and not missing anything, the Canadians had the gold medal in their sights, and when Moiseeva’s final draw didn’t make the rings, it was time for handshakes.
 
“I don’t know where to start,” said lead Taylore Theroux. “This has been a wonderful week. The crowd was amazing. We had a great time with them cheering us on. I can’t believe we just won. We did it!”
 
“It’s kind of a surreal feeling,” said second Taylor McDonald, who plays with Rocque on her women’s World Curling Tour team. “We knew what we were doing out there. I’m very confident in my three teammates and our coach. I’m so happy to have this gold.”
 
“I couldn’t ask for better people to have standing beside me,” said vice-skip Danielle Schmeimann, whose strong hitting ability played a big role in the win. “It was a really good week of tough competition and it feels really good to pull it off.”
 
“I can’t even express how proud I am of these girls,” added Coderre. “They worked really hard all week. Just to see the smiles on their faces, it’s just great. There’s probably going to be a little celebrating going on later today.”
 
Sweden’s Isabella Wranaa, who is coached by former Team Rachel Homan second, Alison Kreviazuk, won the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland’s Briar Huerlimann, 6-3.
 
On the men’s side, Aaron Squires and his Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks team of vice-skip Richard Krell, second Spencer Nuttall, lead Fraser Reid, alternate Russell Cuddie and coach Jim Waite finished the round robin in fifth place, tied with South Korea and the United States, and did not advance to the playoff round. Norway’s Steffen Walstad won the bronze medal with a 7-3 win over Czech Republic’s Lukas Klima. The men’s gold medal game between Sweden’s Patrik Mabergs and Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
 
Canada has won numerous medals over the years, but this was the first gold medal since Brittany Gregor captured the women’s gold in 2007 at Pinerolo, Italy.
 
CANADA’S CURLING MEDALS AT THE UNIVERSIADE:

2017 (Almaty, Kazakhstan): Women gold (Kelsey Rocque)
2015 (Granada, Spain): Women silver (Breanne Meakin)
2013 (Trentino, Italy): Men bronze (Brendan Bottcher)
2009 (Harbin, China): Women silver (Hollie Nicol)
2007 (Turin, Italy): Women gold (Brittany Gregor)
2003 (Tarvisio, Italy): Men gold (Mike McEwen) / Women silver (Krista McCarville)

About the Winter Universiade 
The Winter Universiade is a biennial international multi-sport event open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event. 

The Almaty Universiade will feature eight compulsory sports and four optional sports. Compulsory sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, ice hockey, curling, cross country skiing, short track speed skating, figure skating and snowboarding. Optional sports: ski jumping, nordic combined, freestyle skiing and long-track speed skating. 
 
About U SPORTS 
U SPORTS is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on: 
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