The Algoma U Women's Curling Team kicked off their season with an impressive showing at their first event of the year, finishing with a 2-1 record. The squad demonstrated grit and determination throughout the weekend, with two of their three games going to a tie breaker.
Algoma U Women's Curling team members are skip
Lisa Brisson, Vice-skip
Olivia Forsyth, Second
Maggie Grexton and lead
Delaney Schumacher.
After securing two hard-fought wins to open the event, the team battled a strong University of Toronto rink, in a nail-biter that came down to a tie breaker. The Thunderbirds fell just short, dropping a 6-5 decision.
Despite the narrow loss, the team played their best game of the season, and the weekend was a resounding success. The team showed true Thunderbirds, resilience, and competitive spirit. With this strong start, the group is looking forward to building on the momentum as the season progresses.
Coach quote – "Super proud of these athletes. A great weekend to start our competitive season. We set goals to focus on team dynamics, communication, and process and not necessarily outcome at this event. We accomplished these goals and more. Despite the loss the team played their best over-all game of the season against UofT. We had a few opportunities we were not able to capitalize on to get the win, but we will learn from this experience and use it as our motivation moving forward."
Next up: The Brock University Invitational Jan 17-18, 2026, in St. Catherine's, ON
