The U.S. and Great Britain & Ireland split the first two Curtis Cup matches of Saturday morning at The Old Course:

• Carly Booth/Breanne Loucks, GBI, def. Kimberly Kim/Jennie Lee, U.S., 3 and 2
• Alison Walshe/Stacy Lewis, U.S., def. Sally Watson/Michele Thomson, GBI, 5 and 4

And that left the results of the morning foursomes session in the hands of the American duo and Amanda Blumenherst and Tiffany Joh, and with the GB&I pair of Jodi Ewart (another of my favorite college players) and Liz Bennett.

It must have been quite a match. When the English girls won the 10th hole, they took a 1-up lead. Then the Americans reeled off three consecutives wins. And the Brits answered by winning three straight holes themselves, regaining their 1-up advantage. The Americans won the 17th to square it, then the teams halved the 18th. GB&I won six holes, the U.S. won six holes, six holes were halved. As was the match, natch.

So the morning sessions ended with both teams winning 1.5 points, and with the Americans maintaining an overall 5.5 to 3.5 advantage.