2012 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification

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Qualification for the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship took place in one round in January in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The number of entrants to the national championships was cut down to ten teams through a challenge round.

Qualification System[]

Teams qualified for the women's nationals either by qualifying automatically as one of the top four teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit or by qualifying through the challenge round. The four teams that qualified automatically to the championships, an increase from last year's two teams qualified through the Order of Merit, were chosen based on the Order of Merit upon the conclusion of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel.[1] This year, the teams are those skipped by Erika Brown, Rebecca Hamilton, Patti Lank, and Alexandra Carlson.[2] The other six spots in the nationals will be awarded through competition in the challenge round.[1]

The challenge round was held with the double knockout provision in place. The double knockout provision states that a team is eliminated from qualifying for the nationals if the team has at least two losses in their win-loss record. If there are teams with less than two losses, they will play each other until the number of teams still able to qualify matches the number of qualification spots available.

Challenge round[]

Since there are more than ten teams registered to the nationals this year, the teams that did not qualify directly for the nationals competed to earn one of six remaining spots in the nationals through the challenge round, which was held from January 19 to 22 in Marshfield, Wisconsin.[1] The challenge round was held in a knockout format, as decided by the organizing committee.[3] The teams that advanced from the challenge round were those skipped by Maureen Stolt, Cassandra Potter, , Allison Pottinger, Aileen Sormunen, .

Challenge round[]

The challenge round was held from January 19 to 22 at the in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It was held in a triple knockout format.[3] Teams skipped by Maureen Stolt, Cassandra Potter, , Allison Pottinger, Aileen Sormunen, and advanced to the Nationals.

Participating Teams[]

The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers.[4]

Key
Teams Directly to Nationals[2]
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Erika Brown Debbie McCormick Jessica Schultz Ann Swisshelm Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Alexandra Carlson Monica Walker Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Cristin Clark Sharon Vukich Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Rebecca Hamilton Tara Peterson Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Nicole Arsenault New Jersey Middletown, New Jersey
Patti Lank Nina Spatola Caitlin Maroldo Mackenzie Lank New York (state) Lewiston, New York
Cassandra Potter Jamie Haskell Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
North Dakota Mandan, North Dakota
Aileen Sormunen Courtney George Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Maureen Stolt Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
North Dakota St. Thomas, North Dakota
Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota

Knockout Brackets[]

A Event[]

First Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 1
New Jersey 6
Minnesota 3 New Jersey 6
Minnesota Allison Pottinger 5
New Jersey 5
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 7
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 5
Washington (state) Cristin Clark 2
First Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 2
Minnesota 9
North Dakota 8 Minnesota 2
Minnesota Cassandra Potter 9
Minnesota Cassandra Potter 10
North Dakota W Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 7
Minnesota L North Dakota 8
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 9

B Event[]

Second Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 3
Minnesota 8
North Dakota 6 Minnesota 8
Minnesota 7
Minnesota 4
New Jersey 11
Second Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 4
North Dakota 13
Minnesota 4 North Dakota 7
Washington (state) Cristin Clark 1
North Dakota 3
Minnesota Allison Pottinger 7
Minnesota Allison Pottinger 7
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 3

C Event[]

Third Knockout Qualifier 5
Minnesota 10
Washington (state) Cristin Clark 6 Minnesota 5
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 11
Third Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 6
North Dakota 7
Minnesota 8 Minnesota 9
North Dakota 4
Minnesota 8
Minnesota 10

Knockout results[]

Draw 1[]

Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Jersey 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 X 6
Minnesota a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 9
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet 3 Final
North Dakota W
Minnesota L

Team Ellig was unable to field four registered players to start the competition, by rule an automatic forfeit.

Draw 2[]

Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Maureen Stolt 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 5
Washington (state) Cristin Clark a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Jersey 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 6
Minnesota Allison Pottinger a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Cassandra Potter 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 X X X 9

Draw 3[]

Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Jersey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5
Minnesota Maureen Stolt a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 8
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 X 13
Minnesota 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 4[]

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Cassandra Potter 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 X 10
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 X X X 7
Washington (state) Cristin Clark a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 8
North Dakota 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6

Draw 5[]

Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
Minnesota 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8
Minnesota 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Minnesota Allison Pottinger a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 X 7

Draw 6[]

Sunday, January 22, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X 4
New Jersey a hammer icon 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 X X X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Allison Pottinger 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 X 7
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 10
Washington (state) Cristin Clark a hammer icon 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 7[]

Sunday, January 22, 1:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X X 5
Minnesota Aileen Sormunen 1 0 3 0 4 0 3 X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 X 9
North Dakota a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 8[]

Sunday, January 22, 6:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 8
Minnesota 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 10

References[]

  1. ^ a b c United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  2. ^ a b "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
  3. ^ a b "Berth allocations announced for Men's qualifiers; schedules set". United States Curling Association.
  4. ^ "Men's and Women's Playdown Teams" (PDF). 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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