2010 United States Women's Curling Championship

2010 United States Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Arena	Wings Stadium
Dates	March 6–13
Winner	Team Brown
Curling club	Madison CC, Madison
Skip	Erika Brown
Third	Nina Spatola
Second	Ann Swisshelm
Lead	Laura Hallisey
Coach	Bill Todhunter
Finalist	Patti Lank
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The 2010 United States Women's Curling Championships were held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from March 6, 2010, to March 13, 2010. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} This was the 34th edition of the United States Women's Curling Championship; it was held alongside the 2010 United States Men's Curling Championship.

Teams qualified through three different methods. First, the defending champions were granted an automatic berth; however, Team McCormick elected not to compete because of the Vancouver Olympics which take place during the preceding two weeks. Next, teams traditionally compete first through regional qualifiers with the top teams advancing to the nationals and then the runners-up compete at a Nationals Playdown to determine the final spots. However, so few women's teams submitted applications to the Regional Qualifiers that all teams were directly advanced to the National Championships. ^{[6] [7]}

The winning team represented the United States at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[8]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Erika Brown	Nina Spatola	Ann Swisshelm	Laura Hallisey		Madison, Wisconsin
Gabrielle Coleman	Ann Drummie	JoDee Dike-Johnson	Karen Officer		Mountain View, California
Lysa Hambley	Em Good	Elle LeBeau	Cynthia Eng-Dinsel	Sara Skulec	Lynnwood, Washington
Rebecca Hamilton	Karlie Koenig	Jenna Haag	Grace Gabower		McFarland, Wisconsin
Matina Heisler	Elizabeth Abeltin	Marinna Martini	Wendy Scholes	Barbara Thomson	Falmouth, Massachusetts
Debra Horn	Laurel Maurer	Emilia Juocys	Courtney Schmidt		Shaker Heights, Ohio
Patti Lank	Aileen Sormunen	Caitlin Maroldo	Jessica Schultz		Lewiston, New York
Monica Walker	Elizabeth Williams	Ashley Lawreck	Rachel Ryan		Boston, Massachusetts
Kimberly Wapola	Brigid Ellig	Carol Strojny	Connie Kupferschmidt		Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Amy Wright	Courtney George	Jordan Moulton	Amanda McLean	Patricia Luke	Duluth, Minnesota

Round robin standings

Team (Skip)	W	L
Amy Wright	7	2
Erika Brown	7	2
Patti Lank*	7	2
Rebecca Hamilton	7	2
Kimberly Wapola	5	4
Monica Walker	5	4
Debra Horn	3	6
Gabrielle Coleman	3	6
Lysa Hambley	1	8
Matina Heisler	1	8

*clinched playoff berth ^[9]

Tiebreakers

Tiebreaker 1

Thursday, March 11, 12:00 pm ^[10]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Amy Wright	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	7

Tiebreaker 2

Thursday, March 11, 4:00 pm ^[11]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	6
Erika Brown	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	X	9

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Amy Wright	5								2	Erika Brown	5
	2	Erika Brown	8								3	Patti Lank	4
						1	Amy Wright	2
						3	Patti Lank	9
	3	Patti Lank	8
	4	Rebecca Hamilton	4

1 vs. 2 game

Friday, March 12, 8:00am ^[12]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Amy Wright	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	5
Erika Brown	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	X	8

3 vs. 4 game

Friday, March 12, 8:00am ^[12]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	8
Rebecca Hamilton	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Semifinal

Friday, March 12, 4:00pm ^[13]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Amy Wright	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Patti Lank	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	X	X	9

Championship final

Saturday, March 13, 10:00am ^[14]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Erika Brown	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Patti Lank	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Other notable participants

Other notable participants include Courtney George, Jordan Moulton, Jessica Schultz, and Ann Swisshelm.

References

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