2013 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

Last updated February 20, 2023

Qualification for the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship consists of three different paths. Four teams qualified directly through the High Performance Program or the Order of Merit system. The number of the remaining entrants to the national championships will be cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in mid-January.

Qualification system

Teams will qualify to participate in the women's national championship through the High Performance Program, through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, or through a challenge round.

Automatic qualification

Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association's High Performance National Program, established as an invitation-based program for the development of the top curling teams in the United States.^[1] The teams qualified through the High Performance Program were those skipped by Laura Roessler, who is filling in for normal skip Cassandra Potter, and Allison Pottinger. Two more spots were awarded to the top two women's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table following the conclusion of the Iron Trail Motors Shoot-Out. If one or both of the top teams already qualified for the nationals through the High Performance Program, the spot or spots would have been awarded to the team with the next highest position on the Order of Merit.^[2] The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Erika Brown and Patti Lank.

Challenge round

The remaining six spots in the nationals will be awarded to the teams that earn qualification spots through the challenge round. The challenge round will be held in a triple knockout format, and is an open registration event. The teams that enter the challenge round will be seeded through a strength of field ranking and through a peer ranking. The strength of field ranking will be based on players' participation and performance in national championships and world championships. The seedings will influence the draw of the triple knockout event.^[2]

Challenge round

The challenge round for the women's nationals will be held from January 17 to 21 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.^[3] Six teams will advance from the challenge round to the nationals.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Sarah Anderson	Courtney Slata	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexandra Carlson	Monica Walker	Kendall Moulton-Behm	Jordan Moulton		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cristin Clark	Patti Killins	Christina Pastula	Christie Wilhelmy		Seattle, Washington
Gabrielle Coleman	Britt Rjanikov	Ann Drummie	Mary Shields		San Francisco, California
Casey Cucchiarelli	Joyance Meechai	Jennifer Cahak	Courtney Shaw		New York City, New York
Brigid Ellig	Heather Van Sistine	Julia Boles	Sara Shuster		St. Paul, Minnesota
Emily Good	Elizabeth LeBeau	Marissa Wright	Leslie Frosch		Seattle, Washington
Becca Hamilton	Molly Bonner	Tara Peterson	Sophie Brorson		Madison, Wisconsin
Shelly Kinney	Amy Lou Anderson	Theresa Hoffoss	Julie Smith		Minnesota
Charrissa Lin	Sherri Schummer	Emilia Juocys	Senja Lopac	Joni Cotten	New Haven, Connecticut
Maureen Stolt	Megan O'Connell	Amanda Tucker	Victoria Forconi		Minnesota
Sharon Vukich	Cynthia Garzina	Jennifer Westhagen	Cathie Tomlinson		Seattle, Washington
Kimberly Wapola	Cynthia Eng‐Dinsel	Carol Strojny	Ann Flis		St. Paul, Minnesota
Courtney George	Aileen Sormunen	Amanda McLean	Julie Lilla	Amy Wright	Duluth, Minnesota

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:^[7]

A Event

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Shelly Kinney	8
Emily Good	4	Shelly Kinney	0
		Courtney George	8
				Courtney George	8
Sharon Vukich	6			Sarah Anderson	5
Charrissa Lin	7	Charrissa Lin	7
Sarah Anderson	5	Sarah Anderson	10
Gabrielle Coleman	4

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Brigid Ellig	6
Maureen Stolt	7	Maureen Stolt	6
		Alexandra Carlson	7
				Alexandra Carlson	5
Casey Cucchiarelli	1			Cristin Clark	3
Becca Hamilton	9	Becca Hamilton	6
Cristin Clark	6	Cristin Clark	7
Kimberly Wapola	2

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

						Sarah Anderson	6
						Becca Hamilton	9
		Maureen Stolt	6
Sharon Vukich	5	Gabrielle Coleman	5
Gabrielle Coleman	11			Maureen Stolt	4
				Becca Hamilton	12
		Emily Good	3
		Becca Hamilton	8

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

						Cristin Clark	5
						Shelly Kinney	6
		Shelly Kinney	8
Casey Cucchiarelli	6	Kimberly Wapola	4
Kimberly Wapola	9			Shelly Kinney	6
				Charrissa Lin	4
		Brigid Ellig	10
		Charrissa Lin	11

C Event

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 5

						Cristin Clark	5
						Maureen Stolt	4


				Maureen Stolt	7
				Sharon Vukich	6
		Brigid Ellig	1
Sharon Vukich	7	Sharon Vukich	8
Kimberly Wapola	6

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

						Sarah Anderson	6
						Charrissa Lin	5


				Charrissa Lin	10
				Emily Good	9
		Emily Good	12
Casey Cucchiarelli	7	Casey Cucchiarelli	8
Gabrielle Coleman	3

Knockout results

All draw times listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).^[8]

Draw 1

Friday, January 18, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sharon Vukich	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Charrissa Lin	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Casey Cucchiarelli	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1
Becca Hamilton	2	0	1	2	0	1	3	X	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sarah Anderson	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5
Gabrielle Coleman	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cristin Clark	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	X	6
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brigid Ellig	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	6
Maureen Stolt	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	X	7

Draw 2

Friday, January 18, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shelly Kinney	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	X	8
Emily Good	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4

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

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charrissa Lin	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7
Sarah Anderson	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	10

Draw 3

Friday, January 18, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	9
Casey Cucchiarelli	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Becca Hamilton	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	6
Cristin Clark	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Gabrielle Coleman	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	2	X	11
Sharon Vukich	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shelly Kinney	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0
Courtney George	2	1	0	2	3	X	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 4

Saturday, January 19, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	6
Gabrielle Coleman	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brigid Ellig	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	X	10
Charrissa Lin	5	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	X	11

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shelly Kinney	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	1	X	8
Kimberley Wapola	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Emily Good	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	3
Becca Hamilton	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	X	8

Draw 5

Saturday, January 19, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5
Cristin Clark	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	4	0	0	3	0	0	5	X	X	X	12
Becca Hamilton	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sharon Vukich	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	6
Kimberly Wapola	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Courtney George	1	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	8
Sarah Anderson	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	X	X	5

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Casey Cucchiarelli	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	7
Gabrielle Coleman	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	3

Draw 6

Saturday, January 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shelly Kinney	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
Charrissa Lin	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brigid Ellig	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Sharon Vukich	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	X	X	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Emily Good	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	12
Casey Cucchiarelli	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	8

Draw 7

Sunday, January 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Maureen Stolt	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	7
Sharon Vukich	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cristin Clark	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Shelly Kinney	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Anderson	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Becca Hamilton	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	9

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charrissa Lin	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	10
Emily Good	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	9

Draw 8

Sunday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Charrissa Lin	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
Sarah Anderson	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Maureen Stolt	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Cristin Clark	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

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2013 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

Contents

Qualification system

Automatic qualification

Challenge round

Challenge round

Teams

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

B Event

C Event

Knockout results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

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