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.

The U.S. (1-0) will return to the ice on Thursday at 1:05 p.m. ET to face Sweden, the defending Olympic bronze medalists. South Korea (0-1) will be on the ice at the same time against Italy.

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