2013 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

2013 United States
National Curling Championships
Tournament
men  women
Qualifiers
men  women

Qualification for the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship consists of three different paths. Four teams qualified directly through the High Performance Program or the Order of Merit system. The number of the remaining entrants to the national championships will be cut down to six teams through a challenge round held in mid-January.

Qualification system

Teams will qualify to participate in the women's national championship through the High Performance Program, through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, or through a challenge round.

Automatic qualification

Two spots in the nationals were awarded to two teams on the United States Curling Association's High Performance National Program, established as an invitation-based program for the development of the top curling teams in the United States.[1] The teams qualified through the High Performance Program were those skipped by Laura Roessler, who is filling in for normal skip Cassandra Potter, and Allison Pottinger. Two more spots were awarded to the top two women's teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings table following the conclusion of the Iron Trail Motors Shoot-Out. If one or both of the top teams already qualified for the nationals through the High Performance Program, the spot or spots would have been awarded to the team with the next highest position on the Order of Merit.[2] The teams qualified through the Order of Merit were those skipped by Erika Brown and Patti Lank.

Challenge Round

The remaining six spots in the nationals will be awarded to the teams that earn qualification spots through the challenge round. The challenge round will be held in a triple knockout format, and is an open registration event. The teams that enter the challenge round will be seeded through a strength of field ranking and through a peer ranking. The strength of field ranking will be based on players' participation and performance in national championships and world championships. The seedings will influence the draw of the triple knockout event.[2]

Challenge Round

The challenge round for the women's nationals will be held from January 17 to 21 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington.[3] Six teams will advance from the challenge round to the nationals.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4][5][6]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Sarah Anderson Courtney Slata Kathleen Dubberstein Taylor Anderson Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexandra Carlson Monica Walker Kendall Moulton-Behm Jordan Moulton Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cristin Clark Patti Killins Christina Pastula Christie Wilhelmy Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Gabrielle Coleman Britt Rjanikov Ann Drummie Mary Shields California San Francisco, California
Casey Cucchiarelli Joyance Meechai Jennifer Cahak Courtney Shaw New York New York City, New York
Brigid Ellig Heather Van Sistine Julia Boles Sara Shuster Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Emily Good Elizabeth LeBeau Marissa Wright Leslie Frosch Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Becca Hamilton Molly Bonner Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Shelly Kinney Amy Lou Anderson Theresa Hoffoss Julie Smith Minnesota Minnesota
Charrissa Lin Sherri Schummer Emilia Juocys Senja Lopac Joni Cotten Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut
Maureen Stolt Megan O’Connell Amanda Tucker Victoria Forconi Minnesota Minnesota
Sharon Vukich Cynthia Garzina Jennifer Westhagen Cathie Tomlinson Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Kimberly Wapola Cynthia Eng‐Dinsel Carol Strojny Ann Flis Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Courtney George Aileen Sormunen Amanda McLean Julie Lilla Amy Wright Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[7]

A Event

First Knockout Qualifier 1
 Minnesota Shelly Kinney 8  
 Washington (state) Emily Good 4      Minnesota Shelly Kinney 0  
          Minnesota Courtney George 8  
            Minnesota Courtney George 8
 Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 6        Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 5
 Connecticut Charrissa Lin 7      Connecticut Charrissa Lin 7
 Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 5      Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 10    
 California Gabrielle Coleman 4  
First Knockout Qualifier 2
 Minnesota Brigid Ellig 6  
 Minnesota Maureen Stolt 7      Minnesota Maureen Stolt 6  
          Minnesota Alexandra Carlson 7  
            Minnesota Alexandra Carlson 5
 New York Casey Cucchiarelli 1        Washington (state) Cristin Clark 3
 Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 9      Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 6
 Washington (state) Cristin Clark 6      Washington (state) Cristin Clark 7    
 Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 2  

B Event

Second Knockout Qualifier 3
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 6
            Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 9
          Minnesota Maureen Stolt 6  
 Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 5      California Gabrielle Coleman 5  
 California Gabrielle Coleman 11        Minnesota Maureen Stolt 4  
            Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 12  
          Washington (state) Emily Good 3       
          Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 8       
      
Second Knockout Qualifier 4
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Washington (state) Cristin Clark 5
            Minnesota Shelly Kinney 6
          Minnesota Shelly Kinney 8  
 New York Casey Cucchiarelli 6      Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 4  
 Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 9        Minnesota Shelly Kinney 6  
            Connecticut Charrissa Lin 4  
          Minnesota Brigid Ellig 10       
          Connecticut Charrissa Lin 11       
      

C Event

Third Knockout Qualifier 5
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Washington (state) Cristin Clark 5
            Minnesota Maureen Stolt 4
               
               
            Minnesota Maureen Stolt 7  
            Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 6  
          Minnesota Brigid Ellig 1       
 Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 7      Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 8       
 Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 6  
Third Knockout Qualifier 6
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 6
            Connecticut Charrissa Lin 5
               
               
            Connecticut Charrissa Lin 10  
            Washington (state) Emily Good 9  
          Washington (state) Emily Good 12       
 New York Casey Cucchiarelli 7      New York Casey Cucchiarelli 8       
 California Gabrielle Coleman 3  

Knockout Results

All draw times listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).[8]

Draw 1

Friday, January 18, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Connecticut Charrissa Lin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York Casey Cucchiarelli 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1

Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 X X X 9

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5

California Gabrielle Coleman 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Cristin Clark 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 X 6

Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Brigid Ellig 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 6

Minnesota Maureen Stolt 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 2

Friday, January 18, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Shelly Kinney 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 X 8

Washington (state) Emily Good 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 6

Minnesota Alexandra Carlson 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut Charrissa Lin 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7

Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 10

Draw 3

Friday, January 18, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 9

New York Casey Cucchiarelli 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 6

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6

Washington (state) Cristin Clark 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
California Gabrielle Coleman 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 X 11

Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 5

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Shelly Kinney 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0

Minnesota Courtney George 2 1 0 2 3 X X X X X 8

Draw 4

Saturday, January 19, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 6

California Gabrielle Coleman 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Brigid Ellig 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 X 10

Connecticut Charrissa Lin 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 X 11

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Shelly Kinney 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 X 8

Minnesota Kimberley Wapola 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Emily Good 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3

Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 X 8

Draw 5

Saturday, January 19, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Alexandra Carlson 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5

Washington (state) Cristin Clark 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 X X X 12

Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 X X X 4

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 6

Minnesota Kimberly Wapola 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 7

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Courtney George 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 X X 8

Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 X X 5

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York Casey Cucchiarelli 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 7

California Gabrielle Coleman 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3

Draw 6

Saturday, January 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Shelly Kinney 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6

Connecticut Charrissa Lin 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Brigid Ellig 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1

Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 X X X 8

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Emily Good 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 12

New York Casey Cucchiarelli 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 8

Draw 7

Sunday, January 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7

Washington (state) Sharon Vukich 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Cristin Clark 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

Minnesota Shelly Kinney 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 6

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6

Wisconsin Becca Hamilton 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 9

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut Charrissa Lin 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 10

Washington (state) Emily Good 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 9

Draw 8

Sunday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Connecticut Charrissa Lin 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5

Pennsylvania Sarah Anderson 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Washington (state) Cristin Clark 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

References

  1. ↑ "Eight teams invited to High Performance National Program". United States Curling Association. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2012–2013 USCA Rules of Curling and Competition". United States Curling Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012 – 2013 USCA Championships Schedule". United States Curling Association. 28 December 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "2012 – 2013 USCA Championships Schedule". United States Curling Association. 28 December 2012. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "US Women's Challenge Round Teams". Granite Curling Club of Seattle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Kolesar, Terry (18 December 2012). "CURLING: Eight teams now qualified to 2013 USA Curling Nationals Championships presented by Brooms Up Curling Supplies". USOC Press Box. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "US Women's Challenge Round Full Draw". Granite Curling Club of Seattle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "US Women's Challenge Round Games". Granite Curling Club of Seattle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.