2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2019 United States Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship
2019 USA mixed doubles curling championship logo.jpg
Host city Seattle, Washington
Arena Granite Curling Club
DatesFebruary 27-March 3, 2019
Winner Cory Christensen and John Shuster
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The 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27-March 3, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. [1] Cory Christensen and John Shuster won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway. [2] [3]

Contents

Qualification

Nine teams qualified for the championship based on their performance on the World Curling Tour: [4]

The remaining three teams qualified through the 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round: [5]

Challenge round

The 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles Challenge Round was held December 19 to 23, 2018 at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. [6] Ten teams competed in triple-knockout tournament, [7] with the top three teams earning a spot at the Championship. Husband and wife duo Peter and Maureen Stolt were the first to clinch one of the available berths when they defeated Taylor Anderson and Derrick McLean in the 'A' bracket final. [8] [9] Anderson and McLean then dropped down to the 'B' bracket final where they had another opportunity to earn one of the final two berths, which they did when they defeated Ann Podoll and Nathan Parry. [10] Losing the 'B' bracket final knocked Podoll and Parry down to the 'C' bracket semifinals. Podoll and Parry made it through their semifinal match to face Clare Moores and Lance Wheeler in the 'C' bracket final. [11] Tied at 7-7 after eight ends, Moores and Wheeler scored one in the extra end to secure the final team slot at the Mixed Doubles Championship. [12]

Teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the event: [3] [5]

State(s)FemaleMale
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Sarah Anderson Korey Dropkin
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Flag of Washington.svg  Washington Taylor Anderson Derrick McLean
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Cory Christensen John Shuster
Flag of Washington.svg  Washington Em Good Mac Guy
Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin Becca Hamilton Matt Hamilton
Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado Clare Moores Lance Wheeler
Flag of Alaska.svg  Alaska Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Vicky Persinger Chris Plys
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo
Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin Nina Roth Kroy Nernberger
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Flag of Washington.svg  Washington Jamie Sinclair Sean Beighton
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Maureen Stolt Peter Stolt
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Flag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts Monica Walker Alex Leichter

Round robin

Standings

Pool AWL
Anderson / Dropkin41
Christensen / Shuster41
Persinger / Plys41
Sinclair / Beighton23
Anderson / McLean14
Moores / Wheeler05
Pool BWL
Peterson / Polo50
Hamilton / Hamilton32
Roth / Nernberger32
Walker / Leichter23
Good / Guy14
Stolt / Stolt14

Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the playoffs.

[13]

Game results

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm

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Draw 2

Thursday, February 28, 10:00 am

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Draw 3

Thursday, February 28, 2:30 pm

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Draw 4

Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm

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Draw 5

Friday, March 1, 10:00 am

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Draw 6

Friday, March 1, 2:30 pm

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Draw 7

Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm

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Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
Christensen/Shuster6
Hamilton/Hamilton 5
Christensen/Shuster6
Peterson/Polo 5
Christensen/Shuster7
Persinger/Plys 5
Anderson/Dropkin 5
Roth/Nernberger7
Roth/Nernberger 2
Persinger/Plys8

Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm

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Semifinals

Saturday, March 2, 7:00pm

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Christensen/Shuster1020201X6
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Finals

Sunday, March 3, 11:00am

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References

  1. Rowbottom, Mike (Jul 31, 2018). "Seattle's Granite Curling Club to host 2019 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
  2. "Curling: Shuster, Christensen win national title". Duluth News Tribune . 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  3. 1 2 "2019 National Mixed Doubles Championship". Granite Curling Club of Seattle. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  4. "Mixed Doubles Challenge Round begins Thursday in Grand Forks". USA Curling. Dec 17, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Field set for 2019 Mixed Doubles National Championship". USA Curling. 2018-12-16. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  6. "Mixed Doubles Challenge Round". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  7. "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  8. "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - A Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  9. "One more spot to Mixed Doubles National Championship yet to be secured". USA Curling. Dec 22, 2018. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  10. "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - B Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  11. "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - C Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  12. "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019.
  13. "USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship - Round-Robin". CurlingZone. 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-07.