2012 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Explained

2012 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host City:Wayland, Massachusetts
Arena:Broomstones Curling Club
Dates:December 7-11, 2011
Winner:Brady Clark and Cristin Clark
Prev:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 7-11, 2011 at the Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, Massachusetts.[1] Brady Clark and his wife Cristin Clark won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Erzurum, Turkey.[2] [3]

Teams

Twenty one teams qualified to compete in the championship.[4]

FemaleMaleState(s)
Cristin ClarkBrady Clark
Joyance MeechaiMike Calcagno,
Sharon VukichChristopher Rimple
Nikki RossettiNate Clark,
Madonna FitzgeraldSteve Pickle
Kim NawynJason Nawyn,
Therese OlsonScott Olson
Maureen StoltPeter Stolt
Miyo KonnoSteve Lundeen
Jennifer WesthagenAndrew Ernst
Jennifer LeichterAlex Leichter
Cynthia Eng-DinselDavid Cornfield
Danielle BuchbinderMichael Rupp
Sharon QuillLeonard Gaines,
Chrissy HaaseBryan Fink,
Em GoodJake Vukich
Britt RjanikovBarry Ivy,
Nicole VassarSam Williams
Michelle SummerGary Mazzotta
Brigid ElligDaniel Metcalf
Stephanie SquiresDaniel Cho,

Round robin

Standings

The 21 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:[5]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Pool AWL
Clark / Clark60
Rossetti / Clark42
Olson / Olson33
Fitzgerald / Pickle33
Meechai / Calcagno24
Nawyn / Nawyn24
Vukich / Rimple15
Pool BWL
Leichter / Leichter51
Stolt / Stolt51
Eng-Dinsel / Cornfield33
Konno / Lundeen33
Buchbinder / Rupp24
Westhagen / Ernst24
Quill / Gaines15
Pool CWL
Rjanikov / Ivy51
Haase / Fink42
Vassar / Williams42
Good / Vukich42
Ellig / Metcalf33
Squires / Cho15
Summer / Mazzota06

Tiebreakers

Saturday, December 10, 8:00pm ET[6]

Sunday, December 11, 8:00am ET[7]

Playoffs

The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams directly in the semifinals. There was a two-loss provision included, such that a team was not eliminated until they had two losses in the tournament.[8] Because the team of Brady and Cristin Clark entered the playoffs undefeated, they were not eliminated when they lost to Peter and Maureen Stolt in the semifinals and instead got to challenge the winner of the first round of the championship, Alex and Jennifer Leichter, for the title.

Quarterfinals

Sunday, December 11, 11:30am ET[9]

Semifinals

Sunday, December 11, 3:00pm ET[10]

Final: round 1

Sunday, December 11, 6:30pm ET[11]

Final: round 2

Sunday, December 11, 6:30pm ET[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Mixed Doubles: Main. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  2. News: The latest news from the USOC - December 13. 2011-12-13. Fox News. 2019-06-10.
  3. Web site: CURLING Seattles Clark rink wins 2012 USA Curling Mixed Doubles title. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043222/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Seattles-Clark-rink-wins-2012-USA-Curling-Mixed-Doubles-title. dead. March 6, 2019. Team USA. en. 2019-06-10.
  4. Web site: CURLING US Mixed Doubles Championship set to begin in Boston on Wednesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712144353/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-US-Mixed-Doubles-Championship-set-to-begin-in-Boston-on-Wednesday. dead. July 12, 2019. Team USA. en. 2019-06-10.
  5. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: Round-Robin. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  6. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB1 Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  7. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB1 Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  8. Web site: CURLING Newcomers making presence known at 2012 Mixed Doubles in Boston. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714041221/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Newcomers-making-presence-known-at-2012-Mixed-Doubles-in-Boston. dead. July 14, 2019. Team USA. en. 2019-06-10.
  9. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: QF Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  10. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: SF Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  11. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: CF Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.
  12. Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: CF2 Scores. CurlingZone. en-US. 2019-06-10.