CALGARY - Canada won two of three team matches in Saturday's late draw to take a 22-8 lead in points over Europe at the Continental Cup curling tournament.

Winnipeg's Mike McEwen and his team of B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak and Denni Neufeld scored deuces in the second, fourth and fifth ends to beat Sweden's Niklas Edin 7-4 in Draw 9.

"We had comfortable control, managed to turn around the hammer in the first end," said McEwen.

On the women's side, Edmonton's Val Sweeting and her rink of Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown downed Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson 7-2.

Europe was able to earn one of a possible three points when Norway's Thomas Ulsrud stole three in the second end to beat Brad Jacobs and his team of Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 8-3.

The competition wraps up Sunday with Draws 10 and 11 consisting of a skins format. The winner will be decided by the team that reaches 30.5 points first.

Afternoon Draw

Team Canada swept all three team matches in Saturday afternoon's eighth draw to build a 20-7 lead over Team Europe at the 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup.

John Morris, Jennifer Jones and Rachel Homan guided their teams through some tricky situations before emerging victorious to give Canada three more valuable points. Morris beat Dave Murdoch 7-5, Jones got past Anna Sidorova 7-3 and Homan scored one in the eighth to nip Eve Muirhead 6-5.

"We battled back hard, a good character builder," Morris said of the game. "We were down 5-2 at the break and it wasn't looking good. We just weren't sharp enough, but we got some breaks and turned it around."

Morning Draw

Team Canada widened its lead over Team Europe to 10 points by winning two of three mixed doubles matches in Saturday's morning draw at the World Financial Group Continental Cup.

Matt Wozniak and Val Sweeting scored four in the third end and then stole singles in the next four ends to roll to an 8-3 win over Scott Andrews and Margaretha Sigfridsson.

Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris built a 5-0 lead after three ends but then needed last rock to score two in the eighth to beat Eve Muirhead and David Murdoch 8-5.

Team Europe's only point came when Anna Sloan made her last rock draw to score one and let her and partner Christoffer Svae nip the husband-and-wife team of Dawn and Mike McEwen 6-5.

The results gave Canada a 17-7 lead in the overall standings. Teams earn one point for a win and half a point for a tie. There are a total of 60 points available from the team, singles, mixed doubles and skins matches.