2012 United States Women's Curling Championship Explained

2012 United States Women's Curling Championship
Size:	250
Host City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arena:	IceWorks Skating Complex
Dates:	February 11–18
Winner:	Allison Pottinger
Curling Club:	St. Paul Curling Club St. Paul, Minnesota
Skip:	Allison Pottinger
Third:	Nicole Joraanstad
Second:	Natalie Nicholson
Lead:	Tabitha Peterson
Finalist:	Cassandra Potter
Prev:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia).^[1] ^[2] It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Allison Pottinger, will represent the United States at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Allison Pottinger and Cassandra Potter, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[3]

Road to the Nationals

See main article: article and 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship – Qualification. As with last year, teams qualified for the women's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit or through a challenge round. Four teams qualified via the Order of Merit, while six teams qualified via the challenge round.^[4] The challenge round was held in Marshfield, Wisconsin, where the teams that did not qualify directly via the Order of Merit competed for the final six spots in the nationals.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification Method
						Order of Merit^[6]
						Order of Merit
						Order of Merit
						Order of Merit
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
			Nicole Arsenault			Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round
						Challenge Round

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

width=150	Skip	width=15	W	width=15	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=40	Ends Won	width=40	Ends Lost	width=40	Blank Ends	width=40	Stolen Ends
	8	1	76	34	42	26	4	16
	7	2	73	50	44	35	3	14
	6	3	67	48	40	32	9	12
	6	3	59	57	40	39	4	10
	5	4	58	43	37	30	8	11
	5	4	60	67	37	40	5	12
	4	5	54	59	34	35	8	12
	3	6	55	58	33	39	9	10
	1	8	46	85	30	41	6	6
	0	9	39	88	24	46	2	2

Round robin results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.^[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 11, 4:30 pm

Draw 2

Sunday, February 12, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm

Draw 4

Monday, February 13, 8:00 am

Draw 5

Monday, February 13, 4:00 pm

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 14, 12:00 pm

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 15, 12:00 pm

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 pm

Player Percentages
Allison Pottinger	Cassandra Potter
	87%		85%
	85%		68%
	83%		74%
	72%		76%
Total	82%	Total	75%

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 pm

Player Percentages
Alexandra Carlson	Aileen Sormunen
	76%		79%
	56%		74%
	72%		78%
	51%		87%
Total	64%	Total	80%

Semifinal

Friday, February 17, 4:00 pm

Player Percentages
Cassandra Potter	Aileen Sormunen
	69%		85%
	70%		74%
	73%		76%
	67%		54%
Total	70%	Total	72%

Championship final

Saturday, February 18, 10:00 am

Player Percentages
Allison Pottinger	Cassandra Potter
	74%		81%
	81%		69%
	83%		82%
	74%		72%
Total	78%	Total	76%

External links

Notes and References

Gold Rush. Terry Kolesar. 1. 8. February 19, 2011. The Daily Peeble.
http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/philly.pdf Curling Rocks
Web site: U.S. Curling Association – Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2014 Olympic Games. 19 August 2011. USA Curling.
Web site: 2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures. United States Curling Association. 2011-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20111215232933/http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/images/crb_6.pdf. 2011-12-15. dead.
Web site: Qualified teams to Nationals.
Web site: Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals. USA Curling.
Web site: Draw Schedule. PDF.