The 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship was held from February 8 to 15, 2020 at the Eastern Washington University Recreation Center in Spokane, Washington .[1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship . In the final, Tabitha Peterson defeated Jamie Sinclair 7–5.[2]
Since Team Peterson met certain prerequisites in terms of world ranking points (60 points year-to-date or ranked 70th or higher) they would have represented the United States at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship , which was scheduled to be held in Prince George, British Columbia .[3] [4] The tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 ;[5] as the 2021 United States Championship has been delayed to May 2021 due to COVID-19, the 2020 champions will represent the United States at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship .[6] Team Peterson will also appear in the 2021 Grand Slam of Curling Champions Cup in 2021.[7] [8]
Qualification [ ]
There were three ways for teams to qualify for the championship:
Challenge round [ ]
Eight teams competed at the 2020 United States Women's Challenge Round, held at the Heather Curling Club in Mapleton, Minnesota , from January 3 to 5.[10] Through a triple knockout competition the top three teams secured a spot at the National Championship. Two-time Junior Champion Christine McMakin was the first to secure a spot, defeating fellow junior curler Ariel Traxler in the 'A' bracket final.[11] Traxler dropped down to the 'B' bracket final and had another opportunity to play for a spot in the Nationals, this time earning her spot by defeating Ann Podoll 8–4.[12] Podoll then dropped to the 'C' bracket final where she defeated Stephanie Senneker to secure the third and final Nationals berth.[13]
Teams [ ]
Eight teams participated in the 2020 national championship.[14] Team McMakin and Team Podoll changed names to Team Lank and Team Workin, respectively, due to line-up changes.
Round robin standings [ ]
Final round robin standings
Round robin results [ ]
All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00 ).
Draw 1 [ ]
Sunday, February 9, 8:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Delaney Strouse
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Cassie Potter
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
2
2
X
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Tabitha Peterson
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
5
Ariel Traxler
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Kim Rhyme
0
1
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
X
6
Patti Lank
3
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
1
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Jamie Sinclair
1
2
1
0
3
1
X
X
X
X
8
Rachel Workin
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
1
Draw 2 [ ]
Sunday, February 9, 4:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Kim Rhyme
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
11
Rachel Workin
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Cassie Potter
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
X
X
7
Ariel Traxler
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Tabitha Peterson
0
2
0
3
1
0
1
0
2
1
10
Delaney Strouse
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
6
Draw 3 [ ]
Monday, February 10, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Jamie Sinclair
2
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
X
X
8
Ariel Traxler
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Delaney Strouse
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
7
Kim Rhyme
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Tabitha Peterson
1
0
1
1
0
0
4
2
X
X
9
Rachel Workin
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Draw 4 [ ]
Tuesday, February 11, 9:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rachel Workin
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
7
Cassie Potter
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Patti Lank
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
Ariel Traxler
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Kim Rhyme
2
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
9
Tabitha Peterson
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
4
0
1
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Delaney Strouse
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
0
X
6
Jamie Sinclair
2
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
2
X
12
Draw 5 [ ]
Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Cassie Potter
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
4
X
10
Kim Rhyme
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ariel Traxler
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
1
8
Rachel Workin
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Delaney Strouse
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
7
Patti Lank
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
Draw 6 [ ]
Wednesday, February 12, 2:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Kim Rhyme
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
1
9
Jamie Sinclair
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ariel Traxler
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
3
X
11
Delaney Strouse
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rachel Workin
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
X
6
Patti Lank
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
4
X
X
11
Draw 7 [ ]
Thursday, February 13, 9:00 am
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rachel Workin
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
X
X
10
Delaney Strouse
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
X
X
4
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ariel Traxler
0
2
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
9
Kim Rhyme
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
1
0
7
Playoffs [ ]
1 vs. 2 [ ]
Friday, February 14, 12:00 pm
Semifinal [ ]
Friday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Jamie Sinclair
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
0
4
X
11
Ariel Traxler
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Final [ ]
Saturday, February 15, 12:00 pm
2020 United States Women's Curling Championship
Tabitha Peterson 1st United States Championship title
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