Team USA held South Korea scoreless for fourth straight ends on the way to an 8-4 victory in their first game of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Tabitha Peterson's team finished with five stolen points, scoring steals in three different ends.

The U.S. scored two in the fourth to even the score, and both teams blanked the fifth, sending the game into the halfway break even, 2-2.

Team USA took its first lead with a steal of one in the sixth. Peterson's final throw took out the Korean's only sitting stone, taking away the chance at two for Gim Eun-Ji's squad. Gim's hammer bounced the U.S. stone, but rolled too far.

It was a steal of two more in the seventh after Gim's hammer throw came up light, leaving a pair of U.S. stones in the four-foot for a 5-2 lead.

South Korea responded with two in the eighth, and the U.S. added one in the ninth to go into the final end up, 6-4.

Needing to avoid allowing two in the 10th, Peterson's final stone rolled the wrong way. The U.S. was lying two, but a takeout for two was available for Gim. The Korean's final throw was way too hard and slid all the way out of the house, giving the Americans a steal of two more and the ultimate four-point win.

The U.S. shot 82 percent as a team and had 49 takeouts to just 39 for South Korea.

Thursday is the first Olympic win in women's curling for Team USA's Cory Thiesse and Taylor Anderson-Heide, both making their Olympic debuts.

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After opening the Milan Cortina Olympics with a win on Thursday morning, the Americans were unable to repeat in the second session of play on Thursday afternoon.

Sweden stole five points, including three over the final two ends of the win.

Up 2-1 in the fifth, the U.S. threw a guard on their final stone with Sweden sitting one on the button and two others in the house just high of an American rock. Anna Hasselborg played a runback that knocked a second one of her team's stones inside for two and a one-point lead over Team USA at the halfway break.

Hasselborg's team added to the lead in the fifth with a steal of one after Peterson's hammer attempt took out a Swedish stone but also sailed out of the house, leaving the Americans nothing in the eight-foot.

The U.S. was trailing 4-2 in the seventh when Peterson came up with a draw for two that evened the score with three ends to play.

Sweden went back up by one in the eighth, leaving the U.S. looking to blank the ninth to keep hammer for the final end. On the penultimate throw, Peterson tried for a double-takeout, but didn't get the roll, leaving hers and a Swedish stone in the four-foot. Sweden took out the U.S. stone, but left another chance at the double for the U.S. on their final throw.

Peterson's takeout attempt was so close to getting both, but the second Swedish stone stayed inches inside the house to give Sweden a steal of one and a 6-4 lead going into the 10th.

The U.S. needed a triple takeout for any chance at even tying the score on the final throw of the game. Peterson's hammer toss overcurled and missed them all, allowing Sweden to steal three and hold on for the win. 

Team USA (1-1) will look to get back above .500 when they take on Canada at 8:05 a.m. ET on Friday.

Sweden (2-0) will face Denmark at the same time.

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