2014 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

Last updated March 04, 2019

Qualification for the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship consisted 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 was cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in early January.

The United States Women's Curling Championship is the annual women's national curling championship for the United States. It acts as a qualifier for the World Women's Curling Championships.

Qualification system

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

The World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.

Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association's High Performance National Program. The teams qualified through the High Performance Program were those skipped by Allison Pottinger and Cassandra Potter. Two more spots were awarded to the top two men's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table at the year's end. The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Courtney George and Nina Spatola.

The United States Curling Association is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both domestic and abroad. Curling’s recent popularity has swelled the USCA to 165 curling clubs and 16,500 curlers in the United States. The United States Olympic men's curling teams have seen success in recent years, most notably winning the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, led by skip John Shuster. The men's team also captured the bronze medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin under the guidance of skip Pete Fenson.

Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently plays third for Erika Brown, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.

Cassandra "Cassie" Potter is an American curler best known for skipping the United States Women's Curling Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2005 Women's World Curling Championships. Her sister is fellow American Curling player Jamie Haskell.

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.

Challenge Round

The challenge round for the women's nationals will be held from January 10 to 12 at the Grafton Curling Club in Grafton, North Dakota.^[1]

Grafton is a city in the State of North Dakota and is the county seat of Walsh County. As of the 2010 Census, the city of Grafton had a population of 4,284, making it the fourteenth largest city in North Dakota. Grafton was founded in 1881.

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Amy Lou Anderson	Megan Delaney	Theresa Hoffoss	Julie Smith	St. Paul, Minnesota
Sarah Anderson	Courtney Anderson-Slata	Taylor Anderson	Emily Anderson	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexandra Carlson	Jamie Sinclair	Emilia Juocys	Sherri Schummer	St. Paul, Minnesota
Em Good	Elle LeBeau	Gabrielle Coleman	Cynthia Eng-Dinsel	Seattle, Washington
Davinna Kong	Susan Mitchell	Miranda Heaslip	Donna Umali-Mendoza	San Francisco, California
Abigayle Lindgren	Katie Sigurdson	Emily Lindgren	Kelsey Colwell	Grand Forks, North Dakota
Caitlin Maroldo	Rebeca Andrew	Abigail Morrison	Emily Walker	Rochester, Minnesota
Maureen Stolt	Jordan Moulton	Kendall Behm	Libby Brundage	St. Paul, Minnesota
Kimberly Wapola	Jennifer Westhagen	Jenn Cahak	Courtney Shaw	St. Paul, Minnesota

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

First Knockout				Qualifier 1

Davinna Kong	4
Abigayle Lindgren	9	Abigayle Lindgren	9
		Maureen Stolt	4
				Abigayle Lindgren	3
				Caitlin Maroldo	10
		Sarah Anderson	5
		Caitlin Maroldo	9

First Knockout			Qualifier 2


	Kimberly Wapola	5
	Alexandra Carlson	6
			Alexandra Carlson	8
			Amy Lou Anderson	2
	Em Good	5
	Amy Lou Anderson	7

B Event

Second Knockout				Qualifier 3

Davinna Kong	7
Em Good	5	Davinna Kong	5
		Kimberly Wapola	9
				Kimberly Wapola	3
				Abigayle Lindgren	9

Second Knockout		Qualifier 4

Sarah Anderson	8
Maureen Stolt	7	Sarah Anderson	5
		Amy Lou Anderson	8

C Event

	Qualifier 5

	Sarah Anderson		9
	Davinna Kong		6

Third Knockout		Qualifier 6


		Kimberly Wapola	5
Em Good	8	Em Good	10
Maureen Stolt	6

Knockout Results

Draw 1

Friday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Davinna Kong	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	X	4
Abigayle Lindgren	1	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Anderson	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	5
Caitlin Maroldo	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	X	X	9

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Em Good	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5
Amy Lou Anderson	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7

Draw 2

Saturday, January 11, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Abigayle Lindgren	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	X	X	9
Maureen Stolt	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Davinna Kong	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	7
Em Good	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 3

Saturday, January 11, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Abigayle Lindgren	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
Caitlin Maroldo	4	0	0	2	1	0	3	X	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alexandra Carlson	0	5	1	0	1	1	X	X	X	X	8
Amy Lou Anderson	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Davinna Kong	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5
Kimberly Wapola	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Anderson	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	8
Maureen Stolt	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	7

Draw 4

Saturday, January 11, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Abigayle Lindgren	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Anderson	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	5
Amy Lou Anderson	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Em Good	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	8
Maureen Stolt	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 5

Sunday, January 12, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Anderson	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	X	9
Davinna Kong	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kimberly Wapola	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5
Em Good	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	X	10

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References

↑ "Challenge Round begins Thursday". USA Curling. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

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