2011 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2011 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host city Duluth, Minnesota
Arena Duluth Curling Club
DatesDecember 9-12, 2010
Winner Brady Clark and Cristin Clark
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The 2011 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 9-12, 2010 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, Minnesota. [1] Brady Clark and Cristin Clark won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2]

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Teams

Twenty teams qualified to compete in the championship. [3]

FemaleMaleState(s)
Cristin Clark Brady Clark Flag of Washington.svg  Washington
Em GoodJake VukichFlag of Washington.svg  Washington
Pam CaversAndrew JukichFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Michelle SummerGary MazzottaFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Joyance MeechaiJason NawynFlag of New York.svg  New York, Flag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts
Jennifer WesthagenAndrew ErnstFlag of Washington.svg  Washington
Elizabeth BuscheKeane BuscheFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Courtney George Tyler George Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Maureen Stolt Peter Stolt Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Sophie Brorson Jared Zezel Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Cynthia Eng-DinselDavid CornfieldFlag of Washington.svg  Washington
Kimberly WapolaMichael FloerchingerFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Julie SmithEric SchultzFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Heather Van SistineBrett CharpentierFlag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin, Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Sharon Vukich Mike CalcagnoFlag of Washington.svg  Washington
Norma O'LearyPhil DeVoreFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota, Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
Amy Lou AndersonJim IveyFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Liv JohnsonTim JohnsonFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Senja LopacClayton OrvikFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Madonna FitzgeraldSteve PickleFlag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota

Round robin

The 20 teams were split into three pools; each pool played a round robin and at the end the top two teams advanced to the playoffs. [4]

Key
Teams to Playoffs


Pool A
Clark / Clark
Good / Vukich
Cavers / Jukich
Summer / Mazzotta
Meechai / Nawyn
Westhagen / Ernst
Busche / Busche
Pool B
George / George
Stolt / Stolt
Brorson / Zezel
Eng-Dinsel / Cornfield
Wapola / Floerchinger
Smith / Schultz
Van Sistine/ Charpentier
Pool C
Vukich / Calcagno
O'Leary / DeVore
Anderson / Ivey
Johnson / Johnson
Lopac / Orvik
Fitzgerald / Pickle

Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams directly in the semifinals. There was a two-loss provision included, such that a team was not eliminated until they had two losses in the tournament. Because the team of Clayton Orvik and Senja Lopac entered the playoffs undefeated, they were not eliminated when they lost to Courtney and Tyler George in the semifinals and instead got to challenge the winner of the first round of the championship, Brady and Cristin Clark, for the title. [5]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final: round 1 Final: round 2
Clark/Clark9
Brorson/Zezel10Brorson/Zezel 7
O'Leary/DeVore 6 Clark/Clark7
George/George 2
Lopac/Orvik 5
Good/Vukich 0 George/George9
George/George12Clark/Clark9
Lopac/Orvik 4

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