2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Summary

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 citySeattle, Washington
ArenaGranite Curling Club
DatesDecember 3–6, 2009
WinnerSharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno
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Teams edit

Nineteen teams qualified to compete in the championship.

Female Male State(s)
Cristin Clark Sean Beighton   Washington
Gabrielle Coleman Barry Ivy   California
Leslie Frosch David Cornfield   Washington
Connie Kupferschmidt Timothy Doherty   Minnesota
Janice Langanke Dean Gemmell   New Jersey
Emily Good Jake Vukich   Washington
Katie Kauffman Arnie Iwanick   Washington
Emily Juocys Ben Levy   Michigan
Senja Lopac Matt Zyblut   Minnesota,   Virginia
Elizabeth Coffin Steve Lundeen   Washington
Michelle Summer Gary Mazzotta   Minnesota
Lysa Hambley Derrick McLean   Washington
Joyance Meechai Jason Nawyn   New York,   Massachusetts
Jaynie Pleasants James Pleasants   Washington
Abigail Read Bart Read   Maine
Julie Smith Eric Schultz   Minnesota
Charrissa Lin Derek Surka   Connecticut
Cynthia Kozai Barry VanWieringen   Washington
Sharon Vukich Mike Calcagno   Washington

Round robin edit

The 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
Teams to playoffs
Pool A W L
Hambley / McLean 6 0
Clark / Beighton 5 1
Good / Vukich 4 2
Kozai / VanWieringen 2 4
Read / Read 2 4
Summer / Mazzotta 1 5
Juocys / Levy 1 5
Pool B W L
Lin / Surka 5 0
Langanke / Gemmell 4 1
Coleman / Ivy 2 3
Frosch / Cornfield 2 3
Kauffman / Iwanick 1 4
Kupferschmidt / Doherty 1 4
Pool C W L
Vukich / Calcagno 5 0
Meechai / Nawyn 3 2
Coffin / Lundeen 2 3
Lopac / Zyblut 2 3
Smith / Schultz 2 3
Pleasants / Pleasants 1 4

Playoffs edit

The 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 edit

Saturday, 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   1 3 2 1 0 1 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Gemmell/Langanke   2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
Vukich/Calcagno 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 7

Semifinals edit

Sunday, 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   1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hambley/McLean   1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
Vukich/Calcagno 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 7

Final edit

Sunday, 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   2 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 10

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.