The 2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 3–6, 2009 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.[1] Sharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[2]
| 2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Seattle, Washington |
| Arena | Granite Curling Club |
| Dates | December 3–6, 2009 |
| Winner | Sharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno |
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Teams
editNineteen teams qualified to compete in the championship.
| Female | Male | State(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Cristin Clark | Sean Beighton |  Washington
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| Gabrielle Coleman | Barry Ivy |  California
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| Leslie Frosch | David Cornfield | Washington
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| Connie Kupferschmidt | Timothy Doherty |  Minnesota
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| Janice Langanke | Dean Gemmell |  New Jersey
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| Emily Good | Jake Vukich | Washington
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| Katie Kauffman | Arnie Iwanick | Washington
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| Emily Juocys | Ben Levy |  Michigan
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| Senja Lopac | Matt Zyblut | Minnesota,  Virginia
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| Elizabeth Coffin | Steve Lundeen | Washington
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| Michelle Summer | Gary Mazzotta | Minnesota
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| Lysa Hambley | Derrick McLean | Washington
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| Joyance Meechai | Jason Nawyn |  New York,  Massachusetts
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| Jaynie Pleasants | James Pleasants | Washington
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| Abigail Read | Bart Read |  Maine
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| Julie Smith | Eric Schultz | Minnesota
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| Charrissa Lin | Derek Surka |  Connecticut
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| Cynthia Kozai | Barry VanWieringen | Washington
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| Sharon Vukich | Mike Calcagno | Washington
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Round robin
editThe 19 teams were split into three pools; each pool played a round robin and at the end the top two teams advanced to the playoffs. The standings at the end of the round robin phase were:[2]
| Key | |
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| Teams to playoffs | |
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Playoffs
editThe playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Lin/Surka | 7 | ||||||||||
| Clark/Beighton | 8 | ||||||||||
| Meechai/Nawyn | 1 | ||||||||||
| Clark/Beighton | 9 | ||||||||||
| Clark/Beighton | 4 | ||||||||||
| Vukich/Calcagno | 10 | ||||||||||
| Hambley/McLean | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vukich/Calcagno | 7 | ||||||||||
| Gemmell/Langanke | 4 | ||||||||||
| Vukich/Calcagno | 7 | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
editSaturday, December 5, 8:00pm PT[3]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Meechai/Nawyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
Clark/Beighton 
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Gemmell/Langanke
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2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Vukich/Calcagno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Semifinals
editSunday, December 6, 9:00am PT[2]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lin/Surka | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Clark/Beighton
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1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hambley/McLean
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Vukich/Calcagno | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Final
editSunday, December 6, 12:00pm ET[2]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Clark/Beighton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Vukich/Calcagno
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2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
References
edit- ^ "CURLING: Seattle set to host 2010 U.S. Mixed Doubles". Team USA. 2009-11-02. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b c d "Seattle's Vukich and Calcagno win 2010 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship". Team USA - USA Curling. 2009-12-06. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "CURLING: Semifinals on tap Sunday at 2010 U.S. Mixed Doubles". Team USA. 2009-12-06. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-10.