2012 United States Women's Curling Championship

2012 United States Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arena	IceWorks Skating Complex
Dates	February 11–18
Winner	Allison Pottinger
Curling club	St. Paul Curling Club St. Paul, Minnesota
Skip	Allison Pottinger
Third	Nicole Joraanstad
Second	Natalie Nicholson
Lead	Tabitha Peterson
Finalist	Cassandra Potter
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The 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia). ^{[1] [2]} It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Allison Pottinger, will represent the United States at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Allison Pottinger and Cassandra Potter, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. ^[3]

Road to the Nationals

Main article: 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

As with last year, teams qualified for the women's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit or through a challenge round. Four teams qualified via the Order of Merit, while six teams qualified via the challenge round. ^[4] The challenge round was held in Marshfield, Wisconsin, where the teams that did not qualify directly via the Order of Merit competed for the final six spots in the nationals.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification Method
Erika Brown	Debbie McCormick	Jessica Schultz	Ann Swisshelm		Madison, Wisconsin	Order of Merit [6]
Rebecca Hamilton	Tara Peterson	Karlie Koenig	Sophie Brorson		Madison, Wisconsin	Order of Merit [6]
Patti Lank	Nina Spatola	Caitlin Maroldo	Molly Bonner	Mackenzie Lank	Lewiston, New York	Order of Merit [6]
Alexandra Carlson	Monica Walker	Kendall Moulton	Jordan Moulton		St. Paul, Minnesota	Order of Merit [6]
Maureen Stolt	Megan Pond	Emilia Juocys	Sherri Schummer		St. Paul, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Cassandra Potter	Jamie Haskell	Jaclyn Lemke	Stephanie Sambor		St. Paul, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Janice Langanke	Nina Reiniger	Ashley Lawreck	Nicole Arsenault		Middletown, New Jersey	Challenge Round
Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson		St. Paul, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Aileen Sormunen	Courtney George	Amanda McLean	Miranda Solem		Duluth, Minnesota	Challenge Round
Kimberly Wapola	Victoria Forconi	Carol Strojny	Sharon Wright	Connie Kupferschmidt	St. Paul, Minnesota	Challenge Round

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends
Allison Pottinger	8	1	76	34	42	26	4	16
Cassandra Potter	7	2	73	50	44	35	3	14
Alexandra Carlson	6	3	67	48	40	32	9	12
Aileen Sormunen	6	3	59	57	40	39	4	10
Erika Brown	5	4	58	43	37	30	8	11
Maureen Stolt	5	4	60	67	37	40	5	12
Rebecca Hamilton	4	5	54	59	34	35	8	12
Patti Lank	3	6	55	58	33	39	9	10
Kimberly Wapola	1	8	46	85	30	41	6	6
Janice Langanke	0	9	39	88	24	46	2	2

Round robin results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time. ^[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 11, 4:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Janice Langanke	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Patti Lank	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	X	X	11
Rebecca Hamilton	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cassandra Potter	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	X	11
Maureen Stolt	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Erika Brown	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	4	X	X	10
Kimberly Wapola	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aileen Sormunen	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Allison Pottinger	2	0	4	5	0	1	X	X	X	X	12

Draw 2

Sunday, February 12, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allison Pottinger	2	1	1	4	0	0	2	0	X	X	10
Maureen Stolt	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aileen Sormunen	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Patti Lank	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	3
Rebecca Hamilton	0	0	3	1	2	2	2	0	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cassandra Potter	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	8
Alexandra Carlson	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Erika Brown	3	1	1	0	3	1	X	X	X	X	9
Janice Langanke	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 3

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Cassandra Potter	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	7
Rebecca Hamilton	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	4	X	11
Erika Brown	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	5
Allison Pottinger	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aileen Sormunen	2	0	3	2	0	2	2	X	X	X	11
Janice Langanke	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Patti Lank	0	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	X	X	10

Draw 4

Monday, February 13, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Alexandra Carlson	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Janice Langanke	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	X	10
Kimberly Wapola	1	2	1	0	3	0	4	0	1	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aileen Sormunen	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	6
Erika Brown	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	3
Rebecca Hamilton	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Allison Pottinger	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	6
Cassandra Potter	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	7

Draw 5

Monday, February 13, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Cassandra Potter	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Erika Brown	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4
Alexandra Carlson	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	9
Janice Langanke	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Allison Pottinger	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rebecca Hamilton	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	6
Aileen Sormunen	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	7

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 14, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Aileen Sormunen	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allison Pottinger	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	X	8
Janice Langanke	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	X	6
Cassandra Potter	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rebecca Hamilton	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1
Erika Brown	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	X	X	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	X	9
Kimberly Wapola	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rebecca Hamilton	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	8
Janice Langanke	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Patti Lank	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	7
Maureen Stolt	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allison Pottinger	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	X	X	10
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	7
Aileen Sormunen	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cassandra Potter	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	X	7
Erika Brown	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	4

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Erika Brown	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Allison Pottinger	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cassandra Potter	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	4
Aileen Sormunen	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Janice Langanke	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	4
Alexandra Carlson	1	2	0	5	0	3	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	7
Maureen Stolt	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	X	10

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

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aileen Sormunen	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	8
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rebecca Hamilton	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Allison Pottinger	3	0	2	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Janice Langanke	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Cassandra Potter	3	0	4	0	3	2	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Alexandra Carlson	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Allison Pottinger	6								1	Allison Pottinger	7
	2	Cassandra Potter	4								2	Cassandra Potter	5
						2	Cassandra Potter	11
						4	Aileen Sormunen	9
	3	Alexandra Carlson	2
	4	Aileen Sormunen	10

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Allison Pottinger	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6
Cassandra Potter	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4

Player Percentages
Allison Pottinger		Cassandra Potter
Tabitha Peterson	87%	Stephanie Sambor	85%
Natalie Nicholson	85%	Jaclyn Lemke	68%
Nicole Joraanstad	83%	Jamie Haskell	74%
Allison Pottinger	72%	Cassandra Potter	76%
Total	82%	Total	75%

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
Aileen Sormunen	1	0	1	2	0	2	4	X	X	X	10

Player Percentages
Alexandra Carlson		Aileen Sormunen
Jordan Moulton	76%	Miranda Solem	79%
Kendall Moulton	56%	Amanda McLean	74%
Monica Walker	72%	Courtney George	78%
Alexandra Carlson	51%	Aileen Sormunen	87%
Total	64%	Total	80%

Semifinal

Friday, February 17, 4:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cassandra Potter	2	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	11
Aileen Sormunen	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	9

Player Percentages
Cassandra Potter		Aileen Sormunen
Stephanie Sambor	69%	Miranda Solem	85%
Jaclyn Lemke	70%	Amanda McLean	74%
Jamie Haskell	73%	Courtney George	76%
Cassandra Potter	67%	Aileen Sormunen	54%
Total	70%	Total	72%

Championship final

Saturday, February 18, 10:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allison Pottinger	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7
Cassandra Potter	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5

Player Percentages
Allison Pottinger		Cassandra Potter
Tabitha Peterson	74%	Stephanie Sambor	81%
Natalie Nicholson	81%	Jaclyn Lemke	69%
Nicole Joraanstad	83%	Jamie Haskell	82%
Allison Pottinger	74%	Cassandra Potter	72%
Total	78%	Total	76%

References

1. Terry Kolesar (February 19, 2011). "Gold Rush" (PDF). The Daily Peeble. Vol. 1, no. 8.
2. Curling Rocks ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Curling. 19 August 2011.
4. United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
5. "Qualified teams to Nationals".
6. "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
7. "Draw Schedule" (PDF).

External links

• 2012 Nationals Home
• USA Curling Home