2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Explained
The 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 2–5 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota. Matt Hamilton and Becca Hamilton won the tournament,[1] earning the right to represent the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada.
Teams
Twelve teams qualified to compete in the championship.[2] Six of the teams were automatically qualified and the remaining six teams made it into the tournament by being the top teams in a 22 team qualifying round held at Curl Mesabi in January 2017.[3]
Round robin
Standings
| Key |
|---|
| Teams to playoffs |
| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
| Pool A | W | L |
|---|
| Persinger / Zezel | 4 | 1 | | Peterson / Polo | 4 | 1 | | Carlson / McLean | 2 | 3 | | Christensen / Shuster | 2 | 3 | | Clark / Birklid | 2 | 3 | | Geving / Plys | 1 | 4 | |
| | Pool B | W | L |
|---|
| Roth / Nernberger | 3 | 1 | | Sinclair / Dropkin | 3 | 2 | | George / George | 2 | 2 | | Hamilton / Hamilton | 2 | 3 | | Stolt / Stolt | 2 | 3 | | Walker / Smith | 2 | 3 | |
| |
Tiebreakers
Pool A
Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET[4]
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET[5]
Pool B
Saturday, March 4, 12:00 noon ET
Saturday, March 4, 4:00pm ET
Playoffs
The playoffs consisted of a 6-team bracket with the top two teams receiving byes in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4, 8:00pm ET[6]
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am ET[7]
Finals
Sunday, March 5, 1:00pm ET[8]
References
- Web site: Hamilton siblings capture 2017 Mixed Doubles National Championship title. https://web.archive.org/web/20180208201124/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/March/05/Hamilton-siblings-capture-2017-Mixed-Doubles-National-Championship-title. dead. February 8, 2018. Team USA. en. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: Field set for 2017 Mixed Doubles National Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20170129222346/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/January/29/Field-set-for-2017-Mixed-Doubles-National-Championship. dead. January 29, 2017. Team USA. en. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: Teams inching toward securing berths to Mixed Doubles Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003205/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/January/27/Teams-inching-toward-securing-berths-to-Mixed-Doubles-Championship. dead. June 7, 2019. Team USA. en. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB1 Scores. en-US. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: TB2 Scores. en-US. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: QF Scores. en-US. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: SF Scores. en-US. 2019-06-06.
- Web site: USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: CF Scores. en-US. 2019-06-06.
