2009 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Explained

2009 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host City:	Two Harbors, Minnesota
Arena:	Two Harbors Curling Club
Dates:	December 4-7, 2008
Winner:	Cristin Clark and Brady Clark
Prev:	2008
Next:	2010

The 2009 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 4-7, 2008 at the Two Harbors Curling Club in Two Harbors, Minnesota.^[1] Husband and wife Brady Clark and Cristin Clark won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.^{[2] [3]}

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the championship.

Female	Male	State(s)
Jamie Haskell	Nate Haskell
Jaclyn Lemke	Ryan Lemke
Laura Roessler	Nathan Gebert
Madonna Fitzgerald	Steve Pickle
Gabrielle Coleman	David Cornfield	,
Rachel Ryan	Alex Ryan
Abigail Read	Bart Read
Senja Lopac	John Hoffoss
Cassie Potter	Corrie Potter
Cristin Clark	Brady Clark
Carmen Delaney	Scott Abrahamson	,
Miyo Konno	Steve Lundeen
Melissa Gilbertson	Justin Haworth
Margie Nelson	Tom Hemenway	,
Katharine Gibeau	Gary Gibeau
Michelle Summer	Gary Mazzotta

Round robin

Standings

The 16 teams were split into two 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:^[4]

Pool A W L Lemke / Lemke 6 1 Haskell / Haskell 6 1 Roessler / Gebert 5 2 Lopac / Hoffoss 3 4 Ryan / Ryan 3 4 Fitzgerald / Pickle 3 4 Coleman / Cornfield 2 5 Read / Read 0 7

Pool B W L Kono / Lundeen 6 1 Clark / Clark 6 1 Potter / Potter 5 2 Gilbertson / Haworth 4 3 Summer / Mazzotta 3 4 Delaney / Abrahamson 2 5 Gibeau / Gibeau 2 5 Nelson / Hemenway 0 7

Game results

Game scores from the round robin phase:^[5]

Draw 1 Thursday, December 4, 11:00am CT

Draw 2 Thursday, December 4, 2:00pm CT

Draw 3 Thursday, December 4, 5:00pm CT

Draw 4 Thursday, December 4, 8:00pm CT

Draw 5 Friday, December 5, 8:00am CT

Draw 6 Friday, December 5, 11:00am CT

Draw 7 Friday, December 5, 2:00pm CT

Draw 8 Friday, December 8, 5:00pm CT

Draw 9 Friday, December 5, 8:00pm CT

Draw 10 Saturday, December 9, 8:00am CT

Draw 11 Saturday, December 6, 11:00am CT

Draw 12 Saturday, December 9, 2:00pm CT

Draw 13 Saturday, December 6, 5:00pm CT

Draw 14 Saturday, December 9, 8:00pm CT

Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a simple 4-team, 2-round bracket.^[6]

Semifinals

Sunday, December 7, 9:00am CT^[7]

Final

Sunday, December 7, 12:00pm CT^[8]

References

1. News: Field announced for 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045929/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2008/November/26/Field-announced-for-2009-U-S-Mixed-Doubles. dead. March 2, 2014. 2008-11-26. Team USA - USA Curling. 2019-10-24.
2. News: Seattle team wins 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles title. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045923/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2008/December/08/Seattle-team-wins-2009-U-S-Mixed-Doubles-title. dead. March 2, 2014. 2008-12-08. Team USA - USA Curling. 2019-10-24.
3. News: Sportsline: Haskells fall in national mixed final. 2008-12-14. Bemidji Pioneer. 2019-10-24.
4. Web site: 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship - Standings. www.usacurl.org. 2019-10-24.
5. Web site: 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship - Results. www.usacurl.org. 2019-10-24.
6. News: Newcomers making waves at 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045926/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2008/December/05/Newcomers-making-waves-at-2009-U-S-Mixed-Doubles. dead. March 2, 2014. 2008-12-05. Team USA - USA Curling. 2019-10-24.
7. Web site: Semifinal Results. www.usacurl.org. 2019-10-24.
8. Web site: Final Results. www.usacurl.org. 2019-10-24.