CORTINA, Italy. (NEXSTAR) - In a thrilling showdown at the Olympic Games, Team USA women's curling narrowly missed their first-ever Olympic medal, falling to Team Canada 10-7 in the bronze medal match. Despite the heartbreak, Team Peterson, achieved a historic fourth-place finish, marking their best-ever result at the Olympics. "The Olympics is no joke. Every team is going to give you their best. We battled really hard to get to the playoffs, but unfortunatel,y this wasn't our day today," skipper Tabitha Peterson said. Earlier in the game team member Cory Thiesse became the first American woman to medal in the sport. She and Mixed Doubles teammate Korey Dropkin took home the silver. "I was really proud of the girls for really the whole week that we had, the whole season that we've had," Thiesse said after the bronze medal match. "We made history for USA curling multiple times this month, and so there's a lot to build off of, for sure." All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by Nexstar. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat from a broadcast script into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by Nexstar staff before being published