2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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]

2019 United States Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship
2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host citySeattle, Washington
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesFebruary 27-March 3, 2019
WinnerCory Christensen and John Shuster
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Qualification

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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

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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

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

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

Round robin

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Standings

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Pool A W L
Anderson / Dropkin 4 1
Christensen / Shuster 4 1
Persinger / Plys 4 1
Sinclair / Beighton 2 3
Anderson / McLean 1 4
Moores / Wheeler 0 5
Pool B W L
Peterson / Polo 5 0
Hamilton / Hamilton 3 2
Roth / Nernberger 3 2
Walker / Leichter 2 3
Good / Guy 1 4
Stolt / Stolt 1 4

Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the playoffs.

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Game results

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Draw 1

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Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt/Stolt   0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Hamilton/Hamilton 2 0 5 2 3 X X X 12
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Roth/Nernberger   1 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 9
Peterson/Polo 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger/Plys   0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
Christensen/Shuster 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/McLean 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
Moores/Wheeler   2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/Dropkin   5 2 1 2 0 1 X X 11
Sinclair/Beighton 0 0 0 0 4 0 X X 4

Draw 2

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Thursday, February 28, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker/Leichter 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7
Good/Guy   0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Moores/Wheeler   0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Anderson/Dropkin 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger/Plys 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 10
Sinclair/Beighton   0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 3

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Thursday, February 28, 2:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger/Plys   2 0 1 1 0 2 2 X 8
Moores/Wheeler 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hamilton/Hamilton 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 5
Roth/Nernberger   4 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Good/Guy 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6
Stolt/Stolt   1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker/Leichter 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 7
Peterson/Polo   2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Christensen/Shuster 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 8
Anderson/McLean   0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4

Draw 4

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Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Good/Guy   0 2 3 0 0 0 1 X 6
Peterson/Polo 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Christensen/Shuster   3 0 2 0 1 2 0 X 8
Sinclair/Beighton 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/McLean   0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Anderson/Dropkin 1 0 4 0 3 0 3 2 13
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt/Stolt   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Roth/Nernberger 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Walker/Leichter   0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Hamilton/Hamilton 2 2 1 1 0 3 X X 9

Draw 5

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Friday, March 1, 10:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Stolt/Stolt 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
Walker/Leichter   2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Peterson/Polo   1 0 1 2 2 0 2 X 8
Hamilton/Hamilton 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4

Draw 6

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Friday, March 1, 2:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Anderson/Dropkin   0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 6
Christensen/Shuster 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/McLean 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Persinger/Plys   0 1 0 4 0 2 2 X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair/Beighton 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 X 7
Moores/Wheeler   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Roth/Nernberger   5 2 0 2 3 X X X 12
Good/Guy 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Peterson/Polo   2 1 0 3 2 0 X X 8
Stolt/Stolt 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 7

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Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sinclair/Beighton   2 1 0 1 1 1 X X 6
Anderson/McLean 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hamilton/Hamilton   4 2 0 1 0 3 X X 10
Good/Guy 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Roth/Nernberger 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 4
Walker/Leichter   1 1 0 0 5 1 1 X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Moores/Wheeler   1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6
Christensen/Shuster 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/Dropkin 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 X 7
Persinger/Plys   1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3

Playoffs

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

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
Christensen/Shuster 6
Hamilton/Hamilton 5
Christensen/Shuster 6
Peterson/Polo 5
Christensen/Shuster 7
Persinger/Plys 5
Anderson/Dropkin 5
Roth/Nernberger 7
Roth/Nernberger 2
Persinger/Plys 8

Quarterfinals

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Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hamilton/Hamilton   0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Christensen/Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anderson/Dropkin 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5
Roth/Nernberger   1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 7

Semifinals

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Saturday, March 2, 7:00pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Peterson/Polo   0 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5
Christensen/Shuster 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Persinger/Plys   1 0 0 3 1 3 X X 8
Roth/Nernberger 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2

Finals

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Sunday, March 3, 11:00am

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Christensen/Shuster 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
Persinger/Plys   2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.