2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
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2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
Host city | Bemidji, Minnesota |
Arena | Bemidji Curling Club |
Dates | February 27 - March 1 |
Winner | Minnesota Peterson / Polo |
Curling club | St. Paul CC, St. Paul Bemidji CC, Bemidji |
Female | Tabitha Peterson |
Male | Joe Polo |
Finalist | Minnesota Christensen / Shuster |
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The 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27 to March 1 at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, Minnesota.[1][2] The twelve teams were divided into two pools of six teams each. Each pool played a full round robin with the top three from each pool proceeding to the playoffs. The winning team of Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo was supposed to represent the United States at the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Kelowna, Canada but the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4][5] They will instead compete at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland as the 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship was postponed due to the pandemic.[6] Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo won the event with a 7–4 win over defending champions Cory Christensen and John Shuster in the final.[7] Peterson and Polo made the final in the 2017 championship but lost to siblings Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton 7–6. Two-time champions Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin won the bronze medal with a 7–6 extra end win over Monica Walker and Alex Leichter. Anderson and Dropkin won the championship in 2015 and 2018 and had a quarterfinal finish in 2019. The local Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member, Lakeland PBS, covered the tournament. This included streaming the entire tournament and broadcasting the semifinals and finals live on the television channel.[8]
Qualification
There were five ways teams qualified for the championship:[4]
- 2019 USMDCC finalists
- Cory Christensen and John Shuster (champions)[9]
- Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys (runners-up)
- Highest finishing American teams at Colorado Curling Cup and Madtown DoubleDown (mixed doubles bonspiels in Denver, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin, respectively)
- Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin (2019 Colorado Curling Cup champions)[10]
- Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton (2019 Madtown DoubleDown)[11]
- Four American teams, not already qualified, with highest year-to-date points in WCF World Team Ranking System
- Madison Bear and Andrew Stopera[12]
- Alex Agre and Derrick McLean
- Christine McMakin and Riley Fenson
- Cristin Clark and Chris Bond
- Wild-card berth awarded by selection committee
- Top three teams from 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Challenge Round
- Monica Walker and Alex Leichter[13]
- Katherine Gourianova and Eli Clawson
- Kim Rhyme and Jason Smith
Challenge round
Sixteen teams played at the 2020 United States Mixed Doubles Challenge Round, held in Portage, Wisconsin from December 19 to 22, 2019.[14] Through a triple knockout competition the top three teams secured the final team spots at the Mixed Doubles Championship.[15] Monica Walker and Alex Leichter were the first to clinch a championship berth when they defeated Katherine Gourianova and Eli Clawson in the 'A' bracket final.[16] Gourianova and Clawson 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 Becca Wood and Sean Franey.[17] Wood and Franey then faced Kim Rhyme and Jason Smith in the 'C' bracket final for the third and final championship berth, which Rhyme and Smith secured with a 9-4 win.[18]
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[19]
Female | Male | State(s) |
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Alex Agre | Derrick McLean | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota, File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington |
Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Madison Bear | Andrew Stopera | File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin, File:Flag of New York.svg New York |
Cory Christensen | John Shuster | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Cristin Clark | Chris Bond | File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington |
Katherine Gourianova | Eli Clawson | File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland |
Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton | File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin |
Christine McMakin | Riley Fenson | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Vicky Persinger | Chris Plys | File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska, File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Kim Rhyme | Jason Smith | File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota |
Monica Walker | Alex Leichter | File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts |
Round-robin standings
Final round robin Standings[20]
Key | |
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Teams to playoffs | |
Teams to tiebreakers |
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Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1
Thursday, February 27, 2:30 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Washington (state) Clark / Bond (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Draw 2
Thursday, February 27, 7:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Washington (state) Clark / Bond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Draw 3
Friday, February 28, 2:30 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
Washington (state) Clark / Bond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | 12 |
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 4
Friday, February 28, 7:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | 8 |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera (has hammer) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Washington (state) Clark / Bond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 5
Saturday, February 29, 10:00 am
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
WisconsinNew York (state) Bear / Stopera | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
Minnesota McMakin / Fenson (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
Minnesota Rhyme / Smith (has hammer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
MinnesotaWashington (state) Agre / McLean (has hammer) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Washington (state) Clark / Bond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Tiebreaker
Saturday, February 29, 2:30 pm
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
Maryland Gourianova / Clawson (has hammer) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys | 7 | 6 | Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 8 | |||||||||
6 | Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 10 | 6 | Minnesota Peterson / Polo | 7 | |||||||||
2 | Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 9 | ||||||||||||
4 | Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton | 6 | 5 | Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 6 | |||||||||
5 | Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 7 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
1 | Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin | 7 | ||||||||||||
5 | Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 6 |
Quarterfinals
Saturday, February 29, 7:00 pm
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Wisconsin Hamilton / Hamilton (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Semifinals
Sunday, March 1, 11:00 am
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Bronze medal game
Sunday, March 1, 3:30 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Final
Sunday, March 1, 3:30 pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
References
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- ↑ "CURLING: Bemidji to host 2020 Mixed Doubles National Championships". The Bemidji Pioneer. Jul 13, 2019. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Guidelines for 2020 National Championships and Mixed Doubles National Championship". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
- ↑ Jeffrey Au (March 14, 2020). "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ↑ "2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship begins Monday". USA Curling. May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ↑ Monteith, Austin (2020-03-01). "CURLING: Bemidji native Polo, Peterson win Mixed Doubles National Championship". The Bemidji Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ↑ Mootz, Chaz (2020-02-26). "Bemidji Curling Club Hosting 2020 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship". Lakeland PBS. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ↑ "Curling: Shuster, Christensen win national title". Duluth News Tribune. Mar 3, 2019. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Colorado Curling Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 19, 2019.
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- ↑ "USA Mixed Doubles Challenge Round - C Event".
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